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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 13: Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī

Antya 13.73 Antya 13.75

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.74

সব দ্রব্য রাখিলেন, পীলু দিলেন বাঁটিয়া ।

‘বৃন্দাবনের ফল’ বলি’ খাইলা হৃষ্ট হঞা ॥ ৭৪ ॥

saba dravya rākhilena, pīlu dilena bāṅṭiyā

‘vṛndāvanera phala’ bali’ khāilā hṛṣṭa hañā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu kept all the gifts except the pīlu fruits, which He distributed to the devotees. Because the fruits were from Vṛndāvana, everyone ate them with great happiness.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sharing gifts from Vṛndāvana brings happiness

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu kept all the gifts except the pīlu fruits.
2
He distributed the pīlu fruits to the devotees.
3
Everyone ate the fruits with great happiness because they had come from Vṛndāvana.

How it feels

Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.

The mood of Antya 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 13: Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When Jagadānanda returned to Jagannātha Purī, he presented Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with some gifts from Sanātana Gosvāmī, and the incident of the pīlu fruit took place. Once, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic upon hearing the songs of a deva-dāsī.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

sabaall
dravyagifts
rākhilenakept
pīluthe pīlu fruit
dilenagave
bāṅṭiyādistributing
vṛndāvanera phalafruit from Vṛndāvana
bali’because of
khāilāate
hṛṣṭa hañāwith great happiness

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributed”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does a gift’s connection with a sacred place affect my appreciation of it?

Practice

Share a little fruit with someone today, remembering the Lord’s distribution of the pīlu fruits.

Live this todaySharing gifts from Vṛndāvana brings happinessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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