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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.58
ভোগ-সামগ্রী আইল সন্দেশাদি যত ।
নানা উপহার, তাহা কহিতে পারি কত ॥ ৫৮ ॥
bhoga-sāmagrī āila sandeśādi yata
nānā upahāra, tāhā kahite pāri kata
Various foods and sweetmeats, as well as other kinds of presentations, were brought there. I am unable to describe all these.
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Various foods and sweetmeats were brought there.
Other kinds of presentations were also brought.
The author says he is unable to describe all these presentations.
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:
One night while in Govardhana, Mādhavendra Purī dreamed that the Gopāla Deity was within the forest. The next morning he invited his neighborhood friends to accompany him to excavate the Deity from the jungle.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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What do you notice about the variety and abundance of these presentations?
Read the translation slowly and name the two kinds of food presentations it mentions.
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