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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 12.142

পণ্ডিত কহে, — “প্রভু যাই’ করুন বিশ্রাম ।

মুই, এবে লইব প্রসাদ করি’ সমাধান ॥ ১৪২ ॥

paṇḍita kahe, — “prabhu yāi’ karuna viśrāma

mui, ebe la-iba prasāda kari’ samādhāna

Translation

Jagadānanda replied, “My Lord, You go take rest. I shall take prasādam after I finish making some arrangements.

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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.

Jagadānanda arranged care before taking prasādam

  1. 1

    Jagadānanda asked the Lord to go and take rest.

  2. 2

    He said that he would take prasādam after finishing some arrangements.

  3. 3

    The following verse explains that these arrangements included giving food to those who had cooked.

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 year before, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had been sent to Śacīmātā with prasādam and cloth. This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head.
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. paṇḍita kaheJagadānanda Paṇḍita said
  2. prabhumy Lord
  3. yāi’going
  4. karuna viśrāmatake rest
  5. muiI
  6. ebenow
  7. la-iba prasādashall take prasādam
  8. kari’ samādhānaafter arranging
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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: “cooked”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I care for others while also making time to take prasādam?

Practice

At your next meal, finish one needed arrangement for others, then make time to eat.

Live this todayJagadānanda arranged care before taking prasādamThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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