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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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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth
Ādi 17.28Ādi 17.30

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.29

এইমত বৈষ্ণব কারে কিছু না মাগিব ।

অযাচিত–বৃত্তি, কিম্বা শাক–ফল খাইব ॥ ২৯ ॥

ei-mata vaiṣṇava kāre kichu nā māgiba

ayācita-vṛtti, kiṁvā śāka-phala khāiba

Translation

“Thus a Vaiṣṇava should not ask anything from anyone else. If someone gives him something without being asked, he should accept it, but if nothing comes, a Vaiṣṇava should be satisfied to eat whatever vegetables and fruits are easily available.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Be Satisfied With What Comes Easily

  1. 1

    A Vaiṣṇava should not ask anything from anyone else.

  2. 2

    If someone gives something without being asked, the Vaiṣṇava should accept it.

  3. 3

    If nothing comes, the Vaiṣṇava should be satisfied with whatever vegetables and fruits are easily available.

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:

No one else could do this. When Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of the four-armed Nārāyaṇa, the gopīs showed their respect, but they were not very interested in Him.
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. ei-matain this way
  2. vaiṣṇavaa devotee
  3. kārefrom anyone
  4. kichuanything
  5. nānot
  6. māgibashall ask for
  7. ayācita-vṛttithe profession of not asking for anything
  8. kiṁvāor
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I be satisfied with simple food that is already easily available?

Practice

Today, practice contentment with the vegetables or fruits easily available to you.

Live this todayBe Satisfied With What Comes EasilyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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