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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 12.19

নিত্যানন্দপ্রভু ভোখে ব্যাকুল হঞা ।

শিবানন্দে গালি পাড়ে বাসা না পাঞা ॥ ১৯ ॥

nityānanda-prabhu bhokhe vyākula hañā

śivānande gāli pāḍe vāsā nā pāñā

Translation

Nityānanda Prabhu meanwhile became very hungry and upset. Because He had not yet obtained a suitable residence, He began calling Śivānanda Sena ill names.

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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.

Hunger and Unsettled Lodging Bring Distress

  1. 1

    Nityānanda Prabhu became very hungry and upset.

  2. 2

    He had not yet obtained a suitable residence.

  3. 3

    In this distress, He began calling Śivānanda Sena ill names while Śivānanda was delayed by the toll payment.

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:

Śivānanda Sena felt highly favored to have been kicked by Nityānanda Prabhu, but his nephew Śrīkānta Sena became upset and therefore left their company. He met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī before the rest of the party arrived.
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. nityānanda-prabhuLord Nityānanda Prabhu
  2. bhokhebecame very hungry
  3. vyākula hañābeing disturbed
  4. śivānande gāli pāḍewas calling Śivānanda ill names
  5. vāsā nā pāñānot getting residential quarters
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How attentive am I to the food and shelter needs of those around me?

Practice

Check whether someone you are helping needs food or a place to rest.

Live this todayHunger and Unsettled Lodging Bring DistressThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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