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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 11.180

গোপীনাথে দেখাইল সব বাসা-ঘর ।

বাণীনাথ-ঠাঞি দিল প্রসাদ বিস্তর ॥ ১৮০ ॥

gopīnāthe dekhāila saba vāsā-ghara

vāṇīnātha-ṭhāñi dila prasāda vistara

Translation

Gopīnātha was then shown all the residential places, and Vāṇīnātha was given large quantities of food [mahā-prasādam] left by Lord Jagannātha.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Residences Shown and Mahā-prasādam Supplied

  1. 1

    Gopīnātha was shown all the residential places.

  2. 2

    Vāṇīnātha was given large quantities of food.

  3. 3

    This food was mahā-prasādam, the remnants left by Lord Jagannātha.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. gopīnātheunto Gopīnātha Ācārya
  2. dekhāilashowed
  3. sabaall
  4. vāsā-ghararesidential places
  5. vāṇīnātha-ṭhāñiunto Vāṇīnātha Rāya
  6. diladelivered
  7. prasāda vistararemnants of food in large quantities
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīnātha”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When helping with arrangements, do I make sure people receive the information or supplies they need?

Practice

Help someone with one concrete arrangement today by showing them a needed place or handing over needed supplies.

Live this todayResidences Shown and Mahā-prasādam SuppliedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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