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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.120
অযাচিত ক্ষীর-প্রসাদ অল্প যদি পাই ।
স্বাদ জানি’ তৈছে ক্ষীর গোপালে লাগাই ॥ ১২০ ॥
ayācita kṣīra prasāda alpa yadi pāi
svāda jāni’ taiche kṣīra gopāle lāgāi
“If, without my asking, a little sweet rice is given to me, I can then taste it and make a similar preparation to offer my Lord Gopāla.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mādhavendra Purī thought of receiving a little sweet rice without asking for it.
By tasting it, he could learn to make a similar preparation.
His intended purpose was to offer that preparation to his Lord Gopāla.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
But when He saw that many people were assembled, He checked Himself and ate some sweet rice prasādam. Thus He passed that night, and the next morning He again started for Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can what I learn about food preparation become useful in making an offering?
Choose one preparation you would like to offer, and identify one detail you need to learn.
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