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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 2.73

তবে শিবানন্দে কিছু কহে ব্রহ্মচারী ।

‘সামগ্রী আন নৃসিংহ লাগি পুনঃ পাক করি’ ॥ ৭৩ ॥

tabe śivānande kichu kahe brahmacārī

‘sāmagrī āna nṛsiṁha lāgi punaḥ pāka kari’

Translation

When Śivānanda Sena was thus perplexed, Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī said to him, “Bring more food. Let me cook again for Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva.”

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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.

Responding to Concern With Further Service

  1. 1

    While Śivānanda Sena was perplexed, Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī asked him to bring more food.

  2. 2

    Nṛsiṁhānanda wanted to cook again for Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva.

  3. 3

    Rather than continuing to describe his concern, he requested what was needed for another offering.

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:

Thus he described the glories of Nṛsiṁhānanda and other devotees. A devotee named Bhagavān Ācārya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabeupon this
  2. śivānandeunto Śivānanda
  3. kichusomething
  4. kahesays
  5. brahmacārīNṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī
  6. sāmagrī ānabring more ingredients
  7. nṛsiṁha lāgi’for Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva
  8. punaḥagain
  9. pāka kari’let me cook
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When a service needs attention, what practical step can I take?

Practice

Identify one item needed for a food offering and arrange to obtain it today.

Live this todayResponding to Concern With Further ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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