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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa
Antya 2.107Antya 2.109

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.108

স্নেহে রান্ধিল প্রভুর প্রিয় যে ব্যঞ্জন ।

দেউল প্রসাদ, আদা-চাকি, লেম্বু-সলবণ ॥ ১০৮ ॥

snehe rāndhila prabhura priya ye vyañjana

deula prasāda, ādā-cāki, lembu-salavaṇa

Translation

In great affection, Bhagavān Ācārya cooked varieties of vegetables and other preparations dear to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He also obtained remnants of food from Lord Jagannātha and digestive aids such as ground ginger and also lime with salt.

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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.

Affection Expressed Through Thoughtful Cooking

  1. 1

    Bhagavān Ācārya cooked with great affection for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    He prepared varieties of vegetables and other dishes dear to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    He also obtained remnants of food from Lord Jagannātha and digestive aids, including ground ginger and lime with salt.

How it feels

Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.

The mood of Antya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa

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

Because of this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected Junior Haridāsa, and despite all the requests of the Lord’s stalwart devotees, the Lord did not accept him again. One year after this incident, Junior Haridāsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā and committed suicide.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. snehein great affection
  2. rāndhilacooked
  3. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. priyadear
  5. yewhatever
  6. vyañjanavegetables
  7. deula prasādaremnants from the temple of Jagannātha
  8. ādā-cākiground ginger
  9. lembulime
  10. sa-lavaṇawith salt
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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: “cooked”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can affection guide the details of the service I offer?

Practice

Prepare one food item today with thoughtful attention to the recipient’s preferences.

Live this todayAffection Expressed Through Thoughtful CookingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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