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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 1.136Madhya 1.138

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.137

সার্বভৌম-ঘরে প্রভুর ভিক্ষা-পরিপাটী ।

ষাঠীর মাতা কহে, যাতে রাণ্ডী হউক্ ষাঠী ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

sārvabhauma-ghare prabhura bhikṣā-paripāṭī

ṣāṭhīra mātā kahe, yāte rāṇḍī ha-uk ṣāṭhī

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was invited to dine at the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. While He was eating sumptuously, the son-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya [the husband of his daughter Ṣāṭhī] criticized Him. Because of this, Ṣāṭhī’s mother cursed him by praying that Ṣāṭhī would become a widow. In other words, she cursed her son-in-law to die.

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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.

Criticism During the Lord’s Meal

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was invited to dine at the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.

  2. 2

    While He was eating sumptuously, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s son-in-law, the husband of Ṣāṭhī, criticized Him.

  3. 3

    In response, Ṣāṭhī’s mother prayed that Ṣāṭhī would become a widow. In other words, she cursed her son-in-law to die.

How it feels

Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.

The mood of Madhya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sārvabhauma-ghareat the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  2. prabhuraof the Lord
  3. bhikṣāeating
  4. paripāṭīsumptuously
  5. ṣāṭhīra mātāthe mother of Ṣāṭhī, who was the daughter of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  6. kahesays
  7. yāteby which
  8. rāṇḍīwidow
  9. hauklet her become
  10. ṣāṭhīṢāṭhī, the daughter
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this painful exchange invite you to reflect on criticism and angry responses?

Practice

If you feel an urge to criticize someone at a meal today, pause before speaking.

Live this todayCriticism During the Lord’s MealThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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