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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 6.67

একেক জনারে দুই দুই হোল্না দিল ।

দধি-চিড়া দুগ্ধ-চিড়া, দুইতে ভিজাইল ॥ ৬৭ ॥

ekeka janāre dui dui holnā dila

dadhi-ciḍā dugdha-ciḍā, duite bhijāila

Translation

Each and every one of them was supplied two earthen pots — one of chipped rice soaked in yogurt and the other of chipped rice soaked in condensed milk.

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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.

Each Person Received Both Preparations

  1. 1

    Each and every person was supplied with two earthen pots.

  2. 2

    One pot contained chipped rice soaked in yogurt.

  3. 3

    The other contained chipped rice soaked in condensed milk. Despite the great crowd, everyone received both.

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:

Then Raghunātha dāsa went to Pānihāṭi, and following the order of Nityānanda Prabhu, he observed a festival ( ciḍā-dadhi-mahotsava ) by distributing chipped rice mixed with yogurt. The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ekeka janāreto each and every one of them
  2. dui duitwo and two
  3. holnā dilaearthen pots were supplied
  4. dadhi-ciḍāchipped rice with yogurt
  5. dugdha-ciḍāchipped rice with condensed milk
  6. duitein the two pots
  7. bhijāilawere soaked
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I notice whether each person has received what is being shared?

Practice

When sharing something today, check that no one has been missed.

Live this todayEach Person Received Both PreparationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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