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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.181
মহাপ্রভু কহে তাঁরে, — শুন মহাশয় ।
মধ্যাহ্ন হৈল, কেনে পাক নাহি হয় ॥ ১৮১ ॥
mahāprabhu kahe tāṅre, — śuna mahāśaya
madhyāhna haila, kene pāka nāhi haya
Seeing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “My dear sir, please tell Me why you have not cooked. It is already noon.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu noticed that the brāhmaṇa had not cooked.
He addressed him as “My dear sir” and asked why he had not cooked.
He pointed out that it was already noon.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
The Lord then confronted the Bhaṭṭathāris at Mallāra-deśa and saved Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa from their clutches. The Lord also collected the Brahma-saṁhitā, fifth chapter, on the banks of the Payasvinī River.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could the Lord’s courteous wording guide the way you ask about a delay?
If something is delayed today, ask the reason politely rather than assuming you know.
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