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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 12.105

তবে প্রভু-ঠাঞি গোবিন্দ কৈল নিবেদন ।

“জগদানন্দ চন্দনাদি-তৈল আনিয়াছেন ॥ ১০৫ ॥

tabe prabhu-ṭhāñi govinda kaila nivedana

jagadānanda candanādi-taila āniyāchena

Translation

Govinda therefore told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Jagadānanda Paṇḍita has brought some 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.

Govinda Presents News of the Gift

  1. 1

    Govinda spoke to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about the oil.

  2. 2

    He explained that Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had brought scented sandalwood oil.

  3. 3

    This report followed Jagadānanda Paṇḍita’s request that Govinda use the oil on the Lord’s body.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethereafter
  2. prabhu-ṭhāñibefore Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. govindaGovinda
  4. kaila nivedanasubmitted
  5. jagadānandaJagadānanda Paṇḍita
  6. candana-ādi-tailascented sandalwood oil
  7. āniyāchenahas brought
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you faithfully communicate another person’s contribution to a service?

Practice

Acknowledge one person’s contribution to a shared service today, stating simply what they provided.

Live this todayGovinda Presents News of the GiftThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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