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  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 2.68Antya 2.70

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.69

ভোজন করিয়া প্রভু গেলা পাণিহাটি ।

সন্তোষ পাইলা দেখি’ ব্যঞ্জন-পরিপাটী ॥ ৬৯ ॥

bhojana kariyā prabhu gelā pāṇihāṭi

santoṣa pāilā dekhi’ vyañjana-paripāṭī

Translation

After eating all the offerings, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Pāṇihāṭi. There, He was greatly satisfied to see the different varieties of vegetables prepared in the house of Rāghava.

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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.

Pleasing the Lord Through Food Offerings

  1. 1

    After eating all the offerings, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Pāṇihāṭi.

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    There He saw the different varieties of vegetables prepared in the house of Rāghava.

  3. 3

    These preparations greatly satisfied Him. The verse highlights His pleasure in the food prepared for Him.

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:

A devotee named Bhagavān Ācārya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Nevertheless, his brother, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Ācārya, discoursed upon the commentary of impersonalism (Māyāvāda).
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhojana kariyāafter eating all the offerings
  2. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. gelā pāṇihāṭistarted for Pāṇihāṭi
  4. santoṣa pāilāHe became very satisfied
  5. dekhi’seeing
  6. vyañjana-paripāṭīarrangement of vegetables
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can preparing food become an opportunity to seek the Lord’s satisfaction?

Practice

Today, prepare one vegetable dish with care as an offering to the Lord.

Live this todayPleasing the Lord Through Food OfferingsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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