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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 11.180 Madhya 11.182

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.181

বাণীনাথ আইলা বহু প্রসাদ পিঠা লঞা ।

গোপীনাথ আইলা বাসা সংস্কার করিয়া ॥ ১৮১ ॥

vāṇīnātha āilā bahu prasāda piṭhā lañā

gopīnātha āilā vāsā saṁskāra kariyā

Translation

Thus Vāṇīnātha Rāya returned with large quantities of Lord Jagannātha’s food remnants, including cakes and other good eatables. Gopīnātha Ācārya also returned after cleansing all the residential quarters.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Serving Through Food and Clean Quarters

1
Vāṇīnātha Rāya returned with large quantities of Lord Jagannātha’s food remnants.
2
The food included cakes and other good eatables.
3
Gopīnātha Ācārya returned after cleansing all the residential quarters.

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

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.

vāṇīnāthaVāṇīnātha
āilāreturned
bahua very large quantity of
prasādaremnants of food
piṭhā lañāalso taking cakes with them
gopīnāthaGopīnātha Ācārya
āilāreturned
vāsāresidential places
saṁskāra kariyācleansing

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cleansing”
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

How can you help prepare a clean, welcoming space for others?

Practice

Clean one area where someone will eat or rest today.

Live this todayServing Through Food and Clean QuartersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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