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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 11.211

বিশ্রাম করিতে সবে নিজ বাসা গেলা ।

সন্ধ্যাকালে আসি’ পুনঃ প্রভুকে মিলিলা ॥ ২১১ ॥

viśrāma karite sabe nija vāsā gelā

sandhyā-kāle āsi’ punaḥ prabhuke mililā

Translation

After thus accepting prasādam, they all went to take rest at their respective residences, and in the evening they again came to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Resting and Returning to Meet the Lord

  1. 1

    After accepting prasādam, the devotees went to rest.

  2. 2

    They each returned to their respective residences.

  3. 3

    In the evening they came again to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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:

The King discussed the devotees with Gopīnātha Ācārya, and he mentioned that the devotees were accepting prasādam without observing the regulative principles governing pilgrimages. They accepted prasādam without having shaved, and they neglected to fast in a holy place.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. viśrāma karitegoing to take rest
  2. sabeall the Vaiṣṇavas
  3. nijato their own
  4. vāsāresidential quarters
  5. gelāwent
  6. sandhyā-kālein the evening
  7. āsi’coming
  8. punaḥagain
  9. prabhuke mililāmet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can I appreciate about the devotees returning to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu after resting?

Practice

Set aside a short time to rest after accepting prasādam today.

Live this todayResting and Returning to Meet the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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