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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 12.43

বাসাঘর পূর্ববৎ সবারে দেওয়াইলা ।

মহাপ্রসাদ-ভোজনে সবারে বোলাইলা ॥ ৪৩ ॥

vāsā-ghara pūrvavat sabāre deoyāilā

mahāprasāda-bhojane sabāre bolāilā

Translation

The Lord again arranged for the residential quarters of all the devotees and thereafter called them to partake of the remnants of food offered to Lord Jagannātha.

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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 Arranges Shelter and Sacred Food

  1. 1

    The Lord again arranged residential quarters for all the devotees.

  2. 2

    After arranging their lodging, He called them to eat.

  3. 3

    Their food was the remnants of food offered to Lord Jagannātha.

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 devotees from Bengal again journeyed to Jagannātha Purī to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. As usual, the leader was Śivānanda Sena, who traveled with his wife and children.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vāsā-ghararesidential quarters
  2. pūrva-vatas previously
  3. sabāreunto all of them
  4. deoyāilācaused to be given
  5. mahā-prasādathe remnants of food from Jagannātha
  6. bhojaneto eat
  7. sabāreunto everyone
  8. bolāilāHe called
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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: “offered”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do the Lord’s arrangements teach you about attending to devotees’ practical needs?

Practice

Help with one practical need of a devotee or guest today, such as preparing a place to sit or rest.

Live this todayThe Lord Arranges Shelter and Sacred FoodThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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