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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 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 11.110Madhya 11.112

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.111

রাজা কহে, — উপবাস, ক্ষৌর — তীর্থের বিধান ।

তাহা না করিয়া কেনে খাইব অন্ন-পান ॥ ১১১ ॥

rājā kahe, — upavāsa, kṣaura — tīrthera vidhāna

tāhā nā kariyā kene khāiba anna-pāna

Translation

The King then asked the Bhaṭṭācārya, “Why have the devotees not observed the regulations for visiting the pilgrimage place, such as fasting, shaving and so on? Why have they first eaten prasādam?”

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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.

Asking Why Prasādam Came Before Pilgrimage Regulations

  1. 1

    The King asks why the devotees have not observed the regulations for visiting a pilgrimage place.

  2. 2

    He mentions fasting and shaving among those regulations.

  3. 3

    He specifically asks why the devotees have eaten prasādam first.

How it feels

Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.

The mood of Madhya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

After Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya had explained to the King why the devotees had apparently violated the scriptural injunctions for visiting a place of pilgrimage, the King arranged residential quarters for all the devotees and saw to their prasādam. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu talked very happily with Vāsudeva Datta and other devotees.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rājā kahethe King said
  2. upavāsafasting
  3. kṣaurashaving
  4. tīrthera vidhānathis is the regulation for visiting a holy place
  5. tāhāthat
  6. nā kariyāwithout performing
  7. kenewhy
  8. khāibathey shall eat
  9. anna-pānasolid and liquid food
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When a devotional action seems unfamiliar, do you seek an explanation before judging it?

Practice

Note the King’s question in your own words, without trying to answer it yet.

Live this todayAsking Why Prasādam Came Before Pilgrimage RegulationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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