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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.62

ভক্তগণ লঞা কৈলা গুণ্ডিচা মার্জন ।

আইটোটা আসি’ কৈলা বন্য-ভোজন ॥ ৬২ ॥

bhakta-gaṇa lañā kailā guṇḍicā mārjana

āitoṭā āsi’ kailā vanya-bhojana

Translation

After Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, taking all His devotees with Him, performed the Guṇḍicā-mārjana [washing and cleansing of the Guṇḍicā temple], He went to the garden known as Āiṭoṭā and accepted prasādam at a picnic within the garden.

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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.

Shared Service and Prasādam

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took all His devotees with Him to perform Guṇḍicā-mārjana.

  2. 2

    Guṇḍicā-mārjana means washing and cleansing the Guṇḍicā temple.

  3. 3

    After the cleansing, He went to the garden called Āiṭoṭā and accepted prasādam at a picnic there.

How it feels

Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.

The mood of Antya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord

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

One night, however, the dog could not get any food and therefore went directly to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. The next day, when Śivānanda and his party reached Jagannātha Purī, Śivānanda saw the dog eating some coconut pulp offered to it by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhakta-gaṇaall the devotees
  2. lañātaking
  3. kailāperformed
  4. guṇḍicā mārjanacleansing and washing of the Guṇḍicā temple
  5. āiṭoṭā āsi’coming to the nearby garden named Āiṭoṭā
  6. kailāhad
  7. vanya-bhojanaa picnic within the garden
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “cleansing”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I participate willingly in simple, practical devotional service?

Practice

Help clean a small area used for devotional activities today.

Live this todayShared Service and PrasādamThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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