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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.230

তবে ত’ করিলা সব ভক্তে বর দান ।

উচ্ছিষ্ট দিয়া নারায়ণীর করিল সম্মান ॥ ২৩০ ॥

tabe ta’ karilā saba bhakte vara dāna

ucchiṣṭa diyā nārāyaṇīra karila sammāna

Translation

Thereafter the Lord charitably bestowed His benediction upon all His devotees. He gave the remnants of His food to Nārāyaṇī, showing her special respect.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honor the Lord’s Mercy and His Devotees

  1. 1

    The Lord bestowed His benediction upon all His devotees. He showed Nārāyaṇī special respect by giving her the remnants of His food.

  2. 2

    Nārāyaṇī was a niece of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. She later became the mother of Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura.

  3. 3

    The purport rejects the false claim that eating the Lord’s food remnants caused her pregnancy. Such stories should not be believed, because they are motivated by enmity against the Vaiṣṇavas.

Key points from the purport
  • Nārāyaṇī was a niece of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, and later she became the mother of Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura.
  • In this connection the sahajiyās cite a malicious story that after eating the remnants of Lord Caitanya’s food Nārāyaṇī became pregnant and gave birth to Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura.
  • The rascal sahajiyās may manufacture such false statements, but no one should believe them because they are motivated by enmity against the Vaiṣṇavas.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.

The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of the four-armed Nārāyaṇa, the gopīs showed their respect, but they were not very interested in Him. In the ecstatic love of the gopīs, all worshipable forms but Kṛṣṇa are rejected.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethereafter
  2. ta’certainly
  3. karilādid
  4. saba bhakteunto all devotees
  5. varabenediction
  6. dānacharity
  7. ucchiṣṭafood remnants
  8. diyāgiving
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I show respect for devotees when I hear claims about them?

Practice

Today, refrain from repeating any unverified, disparaging claim about a devotee.

Live this todayHonor the Lord’s Mercy and His DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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