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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 10.132

কভু রাত্রিকালে কিছু করেন উপযোগ ।

ভক্তের শ্রদ্ধার দ্রব্য অবশ্য করেন উপভোগ ॥ ১৩২ ॥

kabhu rātri-kāle kichu karena upayoga

bhaktera śraddhāra dravya avaśya karena upabhoga

Translation

Sometimes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would take some of it at night. The Lord certainly enjoys preparations made with faith and love by His devotees.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Faith and love please the Lord

  1. 1

    Sometimes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate some of the preparations at night.

  2. 2

    The Lord certainly enjoys preparations made by His devotees with faith and love.

  3. 3

    The purport emphasizes that Kṛṣṇa is very pleased with His devotees and their offerings.

Key points from the purport
  • Kṛṣṇa is very pleased with His devotees and their offerings.

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 10.132 quotesBG 9.26

Therefore in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.26) the Lord says:

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

From the character of Govinda it is to be learned that we may sometimes commit offenses for the service of the Lord, but not for sense gratification. Govinda induced the Lord to eat all the food delivered by the devotees of Bengal for His service.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kabhusometimes
  2. rātri-kāleat night
  3. kichusome
  4. karena upayogaused
  5. bhakteraof the devotees
  6. śraddhārawith faith and love
  7. dravyapreparations
  8. avaśyacertainly
  9. karena upabhogaenjoys
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

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 you bring more faith and love into what you offer Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Prepare one simple food offering for Kṛṣṇa today, giving deliberate attention to serving Him with faith and love.

Live this todayFaith and love please the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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