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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.68
নরেন্দ্রে আসিয়া সবে হৈল বিদ্যমান ।
তাঁ-সবারে চাহি বাসা প্রসাদ-সমাধান ॥ ৬৮ ॥
narendre āsiyā sabe haila vidyamāna
tāṅ-sabāre cāhi vāsā prasāda-samādhāna
“All of them have already arrived on the bank of Lake Narendra and are waiting there. I desire residential quarters and prasādam arrangements for them.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees had arrived on the bank of Lake Narendra and were waiting. Gopīnātha Ācārya requested residential quarters and prasādam arrangements for them.
Narendra is a small lake in Jagannātha Purī where the Candana-yātrā festival takes place.
The purport describes Bengali devotees bathing in this lake when visiting the Jagannātha temple. They wash their hands and feet there before entering the temple.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The King also made promises to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, who hinted how the King might meet the Lord. During Anavasara, while Lord Jagannātha was resting for fifteen days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being unable to see Lord Jagannātha, went to Ālālanātha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”
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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How attentive am I to the practical needs of visiting devotees?
Ask a visiting devotee whether they need help with lodging or prasādam.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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