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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 Madhya 10.36

সার্বভৌম কহে, — প্রভু, যোগ্য তোমার বাসা ।

তুমি অঙ্গীকার কর, — কাশীমিশ্রের আশা ॥ ৩৬ ॥

sārvabhauma kahe, — prabhu, yogya tomāra vāsā

tumi aṅgīkāra kara, — kāśī-miśrera āśā

Translation

Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya said, “This place is just befitting You. Please accept it. It is the hope of Kāśī Miśra that You do.”

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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.

A Humble Request to Accept Hospitality

  1. 1

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya described the place as just befitting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    He asked the Lord to accept it.

  3. 3

    He conveyed Kāśī Miśra’s hope that the Lord would accept the place.

How it feels

Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.

The mood of Madhya 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 10: The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī

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

When the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī from His South Indian tour, He lived at the home of Kāśī Miśra. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya introduced many Vaiṣṇavas to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu after His return.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sārvabhaumaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  2. kahesaid
  3. prabhumy dear Lord
  4. yogyajust befitting
  5. tomāraYour
  6. vāsāresidential quarters
  7. tumiYou
  8. aṅgīkāra karaaccept
  9. kāśī-miśrera āśāthe hope of Kāśī Miśra
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from the respectful way this place was offered to the Lord?

Practice

Make one small offer of help today as a respectful request, without insisting.

Live this todayA Humble Request to Accept HospitalityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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