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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.29
কেহ অন্ন মাগি’ খায়, কেহ দুগ্ধাহার ।
অযাচক-জনে আমি দিয়ে ত’ আহার ॥ ২৯ ॥
keha anna māgi’ khāya, keha dugdhāhāra
ayācaka-jane āmi diye ta’ āhāra
“In this village a person can beg food from others and thus eat. Some people drink only milk, but if a person does not ask anyone for food, I supply him all his eatables.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The boy explained that a person in the village could beg food from others and eat.
Some people in the village drank only milk.
If someone did not ask anyone for food, the boy supplied all his eatables.
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:
In this way He reached the celebrated village of Remuṇā, where there is a Deity of Gopīnātha. There He narrated the story of Mādhavendra Purī, as He had heard it from His spiritual master, Īśvara 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 might you notice someone’s need even when they do not ask for help?
Offer a little food to someone today without waiting for them to ask.
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