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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.216
মনোদুঃখে ভাল ভিক্ষা না দিল সেই দিনে ।
মোর ভাগ্যে পুনরপি পাইলুঁ দরশনে ॥ ২১৬ ॥
mano-duḥkhe bhāla bhikṣā nā dila sei dine
mora bhāgye punarapi pāiluṅ daraśane
“Due to my mental distress I could not give You a very nice lunch the other day. Now, by good fortune, You have come again to my home.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The brāhmaṇa explained that he had been mentally distressed.
Because of that distress, he had not been able to give the Lord a very nice lunch the other day.
He considered the Lord’s return to his home his good fortune.
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:
He then visited Payasvinī, Śṛṅgavera-purī-maṭha and Matsya-tīrtha. At the village of Uḍupī He saw the Gopāla Deity installed by Śrī Madhvācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When distress has limited your service, how might you welcome another opportunity?
Choose one small act of hospitality you previously could not do well, and give it fresh attention today.
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