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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.128
ধড়ার অঞ্চলে ঢাকা এক ক্ষীর হয় ।
তোমরা না জানিলা তাহা আমার মায়ায় ॥ ১২৮ ॥
dhaḍāra añcale ḍhākā eka kṣīra haya
tomarā nā jānilā tāhā āmāra māyāya
“This pot of sweet rice is just behind My cloth curtain. You did not see it because of My tricks.
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The pot of sweet rice was behind the Deity’s cloth curtain.
The priest had not seen the pot.
The Deity explained that the priest had not seen it because of His tricks.
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
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How does the Deity’s explanation change my understanding of why the priest missed the pot?
Read this verse slowly today, noting both where the pot was and why the priest had not seen it.
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