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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 11.79

এইমতে নানা প্রসাদ বোঝা বান্ধাঞা ।

লঞা আইলা চারি জনের মস্তকে চড়াঞা ॥ ৭৯ ॥

ei-mate nānā prasāda bojhā bāndhāñā

lañā āilā cāri janera mastake caḍāñā

Translation

In this way varieties of prasādam were collected, then packed up in different loads and carried on the heads of the four servants.

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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.

Practical Work Supports the Festival

  1. 1

    Varieties of prasādam were collected according to Svarūpa Dāmodara’s arrangement.

  2. 2

    The collected prasādam was packed into different loads.

  3. 3

    The four servants carried those loads on their heads, helping bring the prasādam for the festival.

How it feels

Sacred grief and gratitude. The Lord personally honors Haridāsa’s departure and leads the funeral observances.

The mood of Antya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 11: The Passing of Haridāsa Ṭhākura

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

He personally entombed the body, covered it with sand and erected a platform on the site. After taking a bath in the sea, He personally begged prasādam of Jagannātha from shopkeepers and distributed prasādam to the assembled devotees.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 11
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei-matein this way
  2. nānāvarious
  3. prasādaprasādam
  4. bojhāload
  5. bāndhāñāpacking
  6. lañā āilābrought
  7. cāri janeraof the four persons
  8. mastakeon the heads
  9. caḍāñāmounting
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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: “servants”

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “festival”

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

Do I value practical tasks such as packing and carrying as opportunities to help?

Practice

Help pack or carry one load of supplies for a devotional meal or gathering.

Live this todayPractical Work Supports the FestivalThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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