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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 12.102

শিবানন্দসেন-গৃহে যাঞা রহিলা ।

‘চন্দনাদি’ তৈল তাহাঁ একমাত্রা কৈলা ॥ ১০২ ॥

śivānanda-sena-gṛhe yāñā rahilā

‘candanādi’ taila tāhāṅ eka-mātrā kailā

Translation

Jagadānanda Paṇḍita stayed at the house of Śivānanda Sena for some time, and they prepared about sixteen seers of scented sandalwood oil.

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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.

Preparing a Gift With Devotional Care

  1. 1

    Jagadānanda Paṇḍita stayed at Śivānanda Sena’s house for some time.

  2. 2

    They prepared about sixteen seers of scented sandalwood oil.

  3. 3

    The following verses explain that Jagadānanda Paṇḍita brought this oil for the Lord’s use.

How it feels

Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.

The mood of Antya 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 12: The Loving Dealings Between Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Jagadānanda Paṇḍita

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

This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head. The Lord, however, would not accept the oil, and because of His refusal, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita broke the pot in front of Him and began to fast.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śivānanda-sena-gṛheto the house of Śivānanda Sena
  2. yāñāgoing
  3. rahilāremained
  4. candana-ādi tailaoil distilled from sandalwood and other substances
  5. tāhāṅthere
  6. eka-mātrāone mātrā (sixteen seers, or about fifteen kilograms)
  7. kailāprepared
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you give thoughtful attention to preparing something for devotional service?

Practice

Carefully prepare one item needed for a small devotional service today.

Live this todayPreparing a Gift With Devotional CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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