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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 6.286

ছত্রে যাই যথা-লাভ উদর-ভরণ ।

অন্য কথা নাহি, সুখে কৃষ্ণসঙ্কীর্তন ।।” ২৮৬ ।। ॥ ২৮৬ ॥

chatre yāi yathā-lābha udara-bharaṇa

anya kathā nāhi, sukhe kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana”

Translation

“If one goes to the booth where free food is distributed and fills his belly with whatever he obtains, there is no chance of further unwanted talk, and one can very peacefully chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.”

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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.

Simple Maintenance Supports Peaceful Chanting

  1. 1

    One may go to the booth where free food is distributed and eat whatever one obtains.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explains that this leaves no chance for further unwanted talk.

  3. 3

    With this simple arrangement, one can very peacefully chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

How it feels

Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.

The mood of Antya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

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

For five days Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī took prasādam at the temple, but later he would stand at the Siṁha-dvāra gate and eat only whatever he could gather by alms. Later he lived by taking alms from various chatras, or food distributing centers.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. chatre yāigoing to the booth for free food distribution
  2. yathā-lābhawith whatever is obtained
  3. udara-bharaṇafilling the belly
  4. anyaother
  5. kathātalk
  6. nāhithere is not
  7. sukhehappily
  8. kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanachanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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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”

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chant”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What unnecessary talk or expectation could I set aside to chant more peacefully?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes of unnecessary conversation today and use that time to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

Live this todaySimple Maintenance Supports Peaceful ChantingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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