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  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 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple
Madhya 12.169Madhya 12.171

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.170

যদ্যপি দিলে প্রভু তাঁরে করেন রোষ ।

বলে-ছলে তবু দেন, দিলে সে সন্তোষ ॥ ১৭০ ॥

yadyapi dile prabhu tāṅre karena roṣa

bale-chale tabu dena, dile se santoṣa

Translation

When such nice prasādam was put on the plate of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Lord was outwardly very angry. Nonetheless, when the preparations were placed on His plate sometimes by tricks and sometimes by force, the Lord was satisfied.

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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.

Outward Anger, Yet Satisfaction

  1. 1

    When the nice prasādam was put on His plate, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was outwardly very angry.

  2. 2

    The preparations were placed on His plate sometimes by tricks and sometimes by force.

  3. 3

    Nonetheless, the Lord was satisfied.

How it feels

Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.

The mood of Madhya 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple

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

There was also some humorous talk between Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu during prasādam. Advaita Prabhu said that Nityānanda Prabhu was unknown to anyone and that it was not the duty of a householder brāhmaṇa to accept dinner with a person unknown in society.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yadyapialthough
  2. dileby such deliverance
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. tāṅreunto him
  5. karenadoes
  6. roṣaanger
  7. bale-chalesomehow or other (sometimes by tricks, sometimes by force)
  8. tabustill
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What distinction does this verse make between the Lord’s outward anger and His satisfaction?

Practice

Reread the verse today, noticing both the words “outwardly very angry” and “satisfied.”

Live this todayOutward Anger, Yet SatisfactionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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