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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 15.94

ভোজন করাঞা প্রভুরে করাইলা শয়ন ।

রামানন্দ-আদি সবে গেলা নিজ-স্থান ॥ ৯৪ ॥

bhojana karāñā prabhure karāilā śayana

rāmānanda-ādi sabe gelā nija-sthāna

Translation

After they fed Him lunch, they made Him lie down. Then all the devotees, headed by Rāmānanda Rāya, returned to their respective homes.

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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.

Offering Food and Allowing Rest

  1. 1

    The devotees fed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lunch.

  2. 2

    After lunch, they made Him lie down.

  3. 3

    Then all the devotees, headed by Rāmānanda Rāya, returned to their respective homes.

How it feels

Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.

The mood of Antya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited the ecstatic transformations known as bhāvodaya, bhāva-sandhi, bhāva-śābalya and so on. The Lord experienced all eight kinds of ecstatic transformations, and He relished them very much.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhojana karāñāfeeding
  2. prabhureŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. karāilā śayanamade to lie down
  4. rāmānanda-ādiheaded by Rāmānanda Rāya
  5. sabeall of them
  6. gelāwent
  7. nija-sthānato their homes
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I remember to allow quiet rest after offering help?

Practice

Help with someone’s meal today, then give them space to rest if they need it.

Live this todayOffering Food and Allowing RestThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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