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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.84
সবে বসি’ ক্রমে ক্রমে ভোজন করিল ।
ব্রাহ্মণ-ব্রাহ্মণীগণে আগে খাওয়াইল ॥ ৮৪ ॥
sabe vasi’ krame krame bhojana karila
brāhmaṇa-brāhmaṇī-gaṇe āge khāoyāila
All the people gathered there sat down to honor the prasādam, and by and by they took food. All the brāhmaṇas and their wives were fed first.
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Everyone gathered sat down to honor prasādam, and the brāhmaṇas and their wives were fed first.
According to the varṇāśrama system, brāhmaṇas are honored first, followed by kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras.
The purport explains that this order remains current in India because of institutional rules, even though the caste brāhmaṇas are not qualified.
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:
This festival was known everywhere, and many people from the neighboring villages came to join. One night the Gopāla Deity again appeared to Mādhavendra Purī in a dream and asked him to go to Jagannātha Purī to collect some sandalwood pulp and smear it on the body of the Deity.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.
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In this verse: “gathered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What distinction does the purport make between an established social position and actual qualification?
Write one sentence noting the distinction between caste status and qualification in this purport.
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