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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.74
তার পাশে দধি, দুগ্ধ, মাঠা, শিখরিণী ।
পায়স, মথনী, সর পাশে ধরি আনি’ ॥ ৭৪ ॥
tāra pāśe dadhi, dugdha, māṭhā, śikhariṇī
pāyasa, mathanī, sara pāśe dhari āni’
Pots of yogurt, milk, buttermilk and śikhariṇī, sweet rice, cream and solid cream were placed alongside the vegetables.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Pots of yogurt, milk, buttermilk and śikhariṇī were placed alongside the vegetables.
Sweet rice, cream and solid cream were also included.
This ceremony is called Annakūṭa. Cooked rice is stacked like a small mountain for prasādam distribution.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cooked”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distribution”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does preparing food for distribution help me think of others?
Help arrange one dish or serving vessel for prasādam distribution today.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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