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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.25
পুরী, এই দুগ্ধ লঞা কর তুমি পান ।
মাগি’ কেনে নাহি খাও, কিবা কর ধ্যান ॥ ২৫ ॥
purī, ei dugdha lañā kara tumi pāna
māgi’ kene nāhi khāo, kibā kara dhyāna
“O Mādhavendra Purī, please drink the milk I have brought. Why don’t you beg some food to eat? What kind of meditation are you undergoing?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The boy asked Mādhavendra Purī to drink the milk he had brought.
He asked why Mādhavendra Purī did not beg for some food to eat.
He also asked what kind of meditation Mādhavendra Purī was undergoing.
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:
There He narrated the story of Mādhavendra Purī, as He had heard it from His spiritual master, Īśvara Purī. The narration is as follows.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 does the boy show interest in both Mādhavendra Purī’s food and his meditation?
Ask someone kindly whether they have had something to eat today.
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