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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 12.130

তবে মহাপ্রভু সুখে ভোজনে বসিলা ।

ব্যঞ্জনের স্বাদ পাঞা কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ১৩০ ॥

tabe mahāprabhu sukhe bhojane vasilā

vyañjanera svāda pāñā kahite lāgilā

Translation

In great happiness, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then accepted the lunch. When He had tasted the vegetables, He again began to speak.

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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.

The Lord Happily Accepts Lunch

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the lunch in great happiness.

  2. 2

    After tasting the vegetables, He began to speak again.

  3. 3

    His words in the following verses praise the cooking and connect it with Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure.

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:

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. The Lord tried to pacify him and asked Jagadānanda Paṇḍita to cook for Him.
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. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. sukhein happiness
  4. bhojane vasilāsat to take His food
  5. vyañjanera svādathe taste of the vegetables
  6. pāñāgetting
  7. kahite lāgilābegan to say
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I notice and appreciate the care behind a meal?

Practice

Thank someone today for the care they put into preparing or providing food.

Live this todayThe Lord Happily Accepts LunchThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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