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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 12.91

ভোজন করিয়া কহে আনন্দিত হঞা ।

মাতা আজি খাওয়াইলা আকণ্ঠ পূরিয়া ॥ ৯১ ॥

bhojana kariyā kahe ānandita hañā

mātā āji khāoyāilā ākaṇṭha pūriyā

Translation

“After eating the food, the Lord says, ‘Today Mother has fed Me up to My neck.

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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 Appreciates His Mother's Care

  1. 1

    Jagadānanda Paṇḍita recounts what the Lord says after eating His mother's food.

  2. 2

    The Lord says that Mother has fed Him up to His neck.

  3. 3

    His words convey how fully she has fed Him and acknowledge her loving care.

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:

When the Lord bade them all farewell, He talked very pleasingly with them. The year before, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had been sent to Śacīmātā with prasādam and cloth.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhojana kariyāafter eating
  2. kahesays
  3. ānandita hañābeing very pleased
  4. mātāMother
  5. ājitoday
  6. khāoyāilāfed
  7. ākaṇṭhaup to the neck
  8. pūriyāfilling
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do the Lord's words help you notice the affection expressed through preparing food?

Practice

Thank someone today for the care they put into preparing or serving a meal.

Live this todayThe Lord Appreciates His Mother's CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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