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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 11.86

আপনে কাশীমিশ্র আইলা প্রসাদ লঞা ।

প্রভুরে ভিক্ষা করাইলা আগ্রহ করিয়া ॥ ৮৬ ॥

āpane kāśī-miśra āilā prasāda lañā

prabhure bhikṣā karāilā āgraha kariyā

Translation

Therefore Kāśī Miśra personally went there and delivered prasādam to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with great attention and made Him eat.

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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.

Serving With Great Attention

  1. 1

    Kāśī Miśra personally came to bring prasādam to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    He delivered the prasādam with great attention.

  3. 3

    He made sure the Lord ate, fulfilling the invitation he had extended.

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. āpanepersonally
  2. kāśī-miśraKāśī Miśra
  3. āilācame
  4. prasāda lañātaking prasādam
  5. prabhureto Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. bhikṣā karāilādelivered prasādam to eat
  7. āgraha kariyāwith great attention
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “delivered”

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

What would it mean to give someone my full attention while serving?

Practice

Serve one person prasādam today with your full attention, checking that they have what they need.

Live this todayServing With Great AttentionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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