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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 Antya 10.12

কুলীনগ্রামী, খণ্ডবাসী মিলিলা আসিয়া ।

শিবানন্দ-সেন চলিলা সবারে লঞা ॥ ১২ ॥

kulīna-grāmī, khaṇḍa-vāsī mililā āsiyā

śivānanda-sena calilā sabāre lañā

Translation

The inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma and Khaṇḍa also came and joined. Śivānanda Sena took the leadership and thus started taking care of them all.

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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.

Leadership Means Taking Care of Others

  1. 1

    The inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma and Khaṇḍa came and joined the other devotees.

  2. 2

    Śivānanda Sena took leadership of the group traveling to Jagannātha Purī.

  3. 3

    His leadership included taking care of them all.

How it feels

Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.

The mood of Antya 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 10: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Accepts Prasādam from His Devotees

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

Before the Ratha-yātrā ceremony, all the devotees from Bengal started for Jagannātha Purī as usual. Rāghava Paṇḍita brought with him various kinds of food for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kulīna-grāmīthe residents of Kulīna-grāma
  2. khaṇḍa-vāsīthe residents of Khaṇḍa
  3. mililā āsiyācame and joined
  4. śivānanda-senaŚivānanda Sena
  5. calilāwent
  6. sabāre lañātaking all of them
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you make caring for others part of a responsibility you hold?

Practice

Check whether someone in a group you belong to needs practical help today.

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