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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<div id="SB_Canto_4" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 4"><h3>SB Canto 4</h3>
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<div id="SB41936_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="787" link="SB 4.19.36" link_text="SB 4.19.36">
<div class="heading">They do not know that goddess Kālī never accepts nonvegetarian food because she is the chaste wife of Lord Śiva. Lord Śiva is also a great Vaiṣṇava and never eats nonvegetarian food, and the goddess Kālī accepts the remnants of food left by Lord Śiva.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.19.36|SB 4.19.36, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">By the saṅkīrtana sacrifice, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His form of Lord Caitanya, will be satisfied and worshiped. The entire purpose of performing sacrifices is to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. Lord Viṣṇu, or Lord Kṛṣṇa, is present in His form of Lord Caitanya; therefore people who are intelligent should try to satisfy Him by performing saṅkīrtana-yajña. This is the easiest way to satisfy Lord Viṣṇu in this age. people should take advantage of the injunctions in different śāstras concerning sacrifices in this age and not create unnecessary disturbances during the sinful age of Kali. In Kali-yuga men all over the world are very expert in opening slaughterhouses for killing animals, which they eat. If the old ritualistic ceremonies were observed, people would be encouraged to kill more and more animals. In Calcutta there are many butcher shops which keep a deity of the goddess Kālī, and animal-eaters think it proper to purchase animal flesh from such shops in hope that they are eating the remnants of food offered to goddess Kālī. They do not know that goddess Kālī never accepts nonvegetarian food because she is the chaste wife of Lord Śiva. Lord Śiva is also a great Vaiṣṇava and never eats nonvegetarian food, and the goddess Kālī accepts the remnants of food left by Lord Śiva. Therefore there is no possibility of her eating flesh or fish. Such offerings are accepted by the associates of goddess Kālī known as bhūtas, piśācas and Rākṣasas, and those who take the prasāda of goddess Kālī in the shape of flesh or fish are not actually taking the prasāda left by goddess Kālī, but the food left by the bhūtas and piśācas.</p>
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<div id="SB41936_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="787" link="SB 4.19.36" link_text="SB 4.19.36">
<div class="heading">They do not know that goddess Kālī never accepts nonvegetarian food because she is the chaste wife of Lord Śiva. Lord Śiva is also a great Vaiṣṇava and never eats nonvegetarian food, and the goddess Kālī accepts the remnants of food left by Lord Śiva.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.19.36|SB 4.19.36, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">By the saṅkīrtana sacrifice, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His form of Lord Caitanya, will be satisfied and worshiped. The entire purpose of performing sacrifices is to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. Lord Viṣṇu, or Lord Kṛṣṇa, is present in His form of Lord Caitanya; therefore people who are intelligent should try to satisfy Him by performing saṅkīrtana-yajña. This is the easiest way to satisfy Lord Viṣṇu in this age. people should take advantage of the injunctions in different śāstras concerning sacrifices in this age and not create unnecessary disturbances during the sinful age of Kali. In Kali-yuga men all over the world are very expert in opening slaughterhouses for killing animals, which they eat. If the old ritualistic ceremonies were observed, people would be encouraged to kill more and more animals. In Calcutta there are many butcher shops which keep a deity of the goddess Kālī, and animal-eaters think it proper to purchase animal flesh from such shops in hope that they are eating the remnants of food offered to goddess Kālī. They do not know that goddess Kālī never accepts nonvegetarian food because she is the chaste wife of Lord Śiva. Lord Śiva is also a great Vaiṣṇava and never eats nonvegetarian food, and the goddess Kālī accepts the remnants of food left by Lord Śiva. Therefore there is no possibility of her eating flesh or fish. Such offerings are accepted by the associates of goddess Kālī known as bhūtas, piśācas and Rākṣasas, and those who take the prasāda of goddess Kālī in the shape of flesh or fish are not actually taking the prasāda left by goddess Kālī, but the food left by the bhūtas and piśācas.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_101_to_1013" class="sub_section" sec_index="10" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 10.1 to 10.13"><h3>SB Canto 10.1 to 10.13</h3>
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<div id="SB10109_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_10.1_to_10.13" book="SB" index="374" link="SB 10.10.9" link_text="SB 10.10.9">
<div class="heading">A human being is recommended to take prasāda, remnants of food left by Kṛṣṇa. Yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ (BG 3.13).
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 10.10.9|SB 10.10.9, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." A devotee, therefore, does not eat anything that would require slaughterhouses for poor animals. Rather, devotees take prasāda of Kṛṣṇa (tena tyaktena bhuñjīthāḥ). Kṛṣṇa recommends that one give Him patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam—a leaf, a flower, fruit or water ([[Vanisource:BG 9.26 (1972)|BG 9.26]]). Animal food is never recommended for human beings; instead, a human being is recommended to take prasāda, remnants of food left by Kṛṣṇa. Yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 3.13 (1972)|BG 3.13]]). If one practices eating prasāda, even if there is some little sinful activity involved, one becomes free from the results of sinful acts.</p>
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<div id="SB101010_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_10.1_to_10.13" book="SB" index="375" link="SB 10.10.10" link_text="SB 10.10.10">
<div class="heading">Animal food is never recommended for human beings; instead, a human being is recommended to take prasāda, remnants of food left by Kṛṣṇa. Yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 10.10.10|SB 10.10.10, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." A devotee, therefore, does not eat anything that would require slaughterhouses for poor animals. Rather, devotees take prasāda of Kṛṣṇa (tena tyaktena bhuñjīthāḥ). Kṛṣṇa recommends that one give Him patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam—a leaf, a flower, fruit or water ([[Vanisource:BG 9.26 (1972)|BG 9.26]]). Animal food is never recommended for human beings; instead, a human being is recommended to take prasāda, remnants of food left by Kṛṣṇa. Yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 3.13 (1972)|BG 3.13]]). If one practices eating prasāda, even if there is some little sinful activity involved, one becomes free from the results of sinful acts.</p>
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<div id="SB_Cantos_1014_to_12_Translations_Only" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)"><h3>SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)</h3>
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<div id="SB106924_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Cantos_10.14_to_12_(Translations_Only)" book="SB" index="2190" link="SB 10.69.24" link_text="SB 10.69.24">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 10.69.24|SB 10.69.24, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">In one place the Lord was offering oblations into the sacrificial fires; in another, worshiping through the five mahā-yajñas; in another, feeding brāhmaṇas; and in yet another, eating the remnants of food left by brāhmaṇas.</p>
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<div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" class="section" sec_index="2" parent="compilation" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2>
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<div id="CC_Adi-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Adi-lila"><h3>CC Adi-lila</h3>
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<div id="CCAdi841_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1156" link="CC Adi 8.41" link_text="CC Adi 8.41">
<div class="heading">. During the time of Lord Caitanya's incarnation, the same Kilimbikā used to eat the remnants of food left by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 8.41|CC Adi 8.41, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">When Lord Kṛṣṇa was a child, He was nursed by a woman named Ambikā, who had a younger sister named Kilimbikā. During the time of Lord Caitanya's incarnation, the same Kilimbikā used to eat the remnants of food left by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. That Kilimbikā was Nārāyaṇī, who was a niece of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura's. Later on, when she grew up and married, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura was born from her womb. A devotee of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is celebrated in terms of devotional service rendered to the Lord; thus we know Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura as the son of Nārāyaṇī. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura notes in this connection that there is no reference to his paternal ancestry because there is no need to understand it.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi10158_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1407" link="CC Adi 10.158" link_text="CC Adi 10.158">
<div class="heading">Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was greatly pleased to accept the food that Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa cooked, and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa used to take the remnants of food left by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.158|CC Adi 10.158, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Raghunātha Bhaṭṭācārya, or Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, one of the six Gosvāmīs, was the son of Tapana Miśra. Born in approximately 1425 Śakābda (A.D. 1503), he was expert in reciting Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and in Antya-līlā, Chapter Thirteen, it is stated that he was also expert in cooking; whatever he cooked would be nectarean. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was greatly pleased to accept the food that he cooked, and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa used to take the remnants of food left by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Raghunātha Bhaṭṭācārya lived for eight months in Jagannātha Purī, after which Lord Caitanya ordered him to go to Vṛndāvana to join Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1350_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1622" link="CC Adi 13.50" link_text="CC Adi 13.50">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 13.50|CC Adi 13.50, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The transcendental pastimes of Lord Caitanya have actually been relished by Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura. I am simply trying to chew the remnants of food left by him.</p>
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<div id="CC_Madhya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Madhya-lila"><h3>CC Madhya-lila</h3>
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<div id="CCMadhya396_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="477" link="CC Madhya 3.96" link_text="CC Madhya 3.96">
<div class="heading">The remnants of food left by a pure Vaiṣṇava are called mahā-mahā-prasādam.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 3.96|CC Madhya 3.96, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The word avadhūta refers to one above all rules and regulations. Sometimes, not observing all the rules and regulations of a sannyāsī, Nityānanda Prabhu exhibited the behavior of a mad avadhūta. He threw the remnants of food on the ground, and some of these remnants touched the body of Advaita Ācārya. Advaita Ācārya accepted this happily because He presented Himself as a member of the community of smārta-brāhmaṇas. By touching the remnants of food thrown by Nityānanda Prabhu, Advaita Ācārya immediately felt Himself purified of all smārta contamination. The remnants of food left by a pure Vaiṣṇava are called mahā-mahā-prasādam. This is completely spiritual and is identified with Lord Viṣṇu. Such remnants are not ordinary. The spiritual master is to be considered on the stage of paramahaṁsa and beyond the jurisdiction of the varṇāśrama institution. The remnants of food left by the spiritual master and similar paramahaṁsas, or pure Vaiṣṇavas, are purifying. When an ordinary person touches such prasādam, his mind is purified, and his mind is raised to the status of a pure brāhmaṇa. The behavior and statements of Advaita Ācārya are meant for the understanding of ordinary people who are unaware of the strength of spiritual values, not knowing the potency of food left by the bona fide spiritual master and pure Vaiṣṇavas.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya398_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="479" link="CC Madhya 3.98" link_text="CC Madhya 3.98">
<div class="heading">"These are the remnants of food left by Lord Kṛṣṇa. If You take them to be ordinary remnants, You have committed an offense."
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 3.98|CC Madhya 3.98, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Nityānanda Prabhu replied, "These are the remnants of food left by Lord Kṛṣṇa. If You take them to be ordinary remnants, You have committed an offense."</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>In the Bṛhad-viṣṇu Purāṇa it is stated that one who considers mahā-prasādam to be equal to ordinary rice and dhal certainly commits a great offense. Ordinary edibles are touchable and untouchable, but there are no such dualistic considerations where prasādam is concerned. Prasādam is transcendental, and there are no transformations or contaminations, just as there are no contaminations or transformations in the body of Lord Viṣṇu Himself. Thus even if one is a brāhmaṇa he is certain to be attacked by leprosy and bereft of all family members if he makes such dualistic considerations. Such an offender goes to hell, never to return. This is the injunction of the Bṛhad-viṣṇu Purāṇa.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya11174_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="2440" link="CC Madhya 11.174" link_text="CC Madhya 11.174">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 11.174|CC Madhya 11.174, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Then the Lord told Kāśī Miśra and the temple superintendent, "As for the remnants of food left by Jagannātha, let them be delivered to Vāṇīnātha Rāya's charge, for he can take care of all the Vaiṣṇavas and distribute mahā-prasādam to them."</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya12201_3" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="2709" link="CC Madhya 12.201" link_text="CC Madhya 12.201">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 12.201|CC Madhya 12.201, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Govinda saved some remnants of food left by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and kept them carefully. Later, one portion of these remnants was delivered to Haridāsa Ṭhākura.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya12202_4" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="2710" link="CC Madhya 12.202" link_text="CC Madhya 12.202">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 12.202|CC Madhya 12.202, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The remnants of food left by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were later distributed among devotees who begged for them, and finally Govinda personally took the last remnants.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya15221_5" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3415" link="CC Madhya 15.221" link_text="CC Madhya 15.221">
<div class="heading">Although the remnants of food left by Jagannātha were brought into the Bhaṭṭācārya's house, they were kept separate from the preparations he had made at his home.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.221|CC Madhya 15.221, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya also included several types of food that had been offered to Lord Jagannātha. These included sweetballs known as amṛta-guṭikā, sweet rice and cakes. All these were kept separate.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>Although the remnants of food left by Jagannātha were brought into the Bhaṭṭācārya's house, they were kept separate from the preparations he had made at his home. It sometimes happens that prasādam is mixed with a larger quantity of food and then distributed, but in this case we find that Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya kept the jagannātha-prasādam separate. He kept it aside particularly for the satisfaction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1791_6" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3867" link="CC Madhya 17.91" link_text="CC Madhya 17.91">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 17.91|CC Madhya 17.91, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The remnants of food left by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were taken by the whole family of Tapana Miśra. When news spread that the Lord had come, Candraśekhara came to see Him.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya2075_7" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="4567" link="CC Madhya 20.75" link_text="CC Madhya 20.75">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.75|CC Madhya 20.75, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">After eating, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took rest for a while. Tapana Miśra then gave Sanātana Gosvāmī the remnants of food left by Caitanya Mahāprabhu.</p>
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<div id="CC_Antya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Antya-lila"><h3>CC Antya-lila</h3>
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<div id="CCAntya699_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="1156" link="CC Antya 6.99" link_text="CC Antya 6.99">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 6.99|CC Antya 6.99, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">After receiving the remnants of food left by Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, Raghunātha dāsa, who was greatly happy, ate some and distributed the rest among his own associates.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya6122_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="1179" link="CC Antya 6.122" link_text="CC Antya 6.122">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 6.122|CC Antya 6.122, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Rāghava Paṇḍita, being very merciful toward Raghunātha dāsa, offered him the dishes with the remnants of food left by the two brothers.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya6212_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="1268" link="CC Antya 6.212" link_text="CC Antya 6.212">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 6.212|CC Antya 6.212, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Govinda offered him a plate with the remnants of food left by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Raghunātha dāsa accepted the prasādam with great happiness.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya12149_3" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2219" link="CC Antya 12.149" link_text="CC Antya 12.149">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 12.149|CC Antya 12.149, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">He also personally ate the remnants of food left by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Then the Lord again sent Govinda.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya168_4" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2596" link="CC Antya 16.8" link_text="CC Antya 16.8">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 16.8|CC Antya 16.8, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Kālidāsa was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. Throughout his entire life, even in his old age, he tried to eat the remnants of food left by Vaiṣṇavas.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya1638_5" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2626" link="CC Antya 16.38" link_text="CC Antya 16.38">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 16.38|CC Antya 16.38, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">In this way Kālidāsa ate the remnants of food left by all the Vaiṣṇavas residing in Bengal.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya1660_6" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2648" link="CC Antya 16.60" link_text="CC Antya 16.60">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 16.60|CC Antya 16.60, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The dust of the feet of a devotee, the water that has washed the feet of a devotee, and the remnants of food left by a devotee are three very powerful substances.</p>
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