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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 12.189Madhya 12.191

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.190

প্রভু ত’ সন্ন্যাসী, উঁহার নাহি অপচয় ।

অন্ন-দোষে সন্ন্যাসীর দোষ নাহি হয় ॥ ১৯০ ॥

prabhu ta’ sannyāsī, uṅhāra nāhi apacaya

anna-doṣe sannyāsīra doṣa nāhi haya

Translation

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is in the renounced order of life. Consequently He does not recognize discrepancies. As a matter of fact, a sannyāsī is not affected by eating food from anywhere and everywhere.

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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.

A Sannyāsī’s Freedom in Accepting Food

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is in the renounced order of life.

  2. 2

    The statement explains that He therefore does not recognize discrepancies in accepting food.

  3. 3

    A sannyāsī is not affected by eating food from anywhere and everywhere.

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:

In answer to this humorous statement, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu replied that Advaita Ācārya was a monist and that one could not know how his mind could be turned by eating with such an impersonalist. The conversation of these two prabhus — Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu — carried a deep meaning that only an intelligent man can understand.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. ta’indeed
  3. sannyāsīin the renounced order of life
  4. uṅhārafor Him
  5. nāhithere is not
  6. apacayaany discrepancy
  7. anna-doṣeby contamination of food
  8. sannyāsīraof a person in the renounced order
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What connection does this verse make between renounced life and accepting food?

Practice

Write one sentence summarizing what the verse says about a sannyāsī’s acceptance of food.

Live this todayA Sannyāsī’s Freedom in Accepting FoodThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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