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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple
Madhya 12.196Madhya 12.198

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.197

তবে প্রভু সর্ব-বৈষ্ণবের নাম লঞা ।

মহাপ্রসাদ দেন মহা-অমৃত সিঞ্চিয়া ॥ ১৯৭ ॥

tabe prabhu sarva-vaiṣṇavera nāma lañā

mahā-prasāda dena mahā-amṛta siñciyā

Translation

Thereafter, calling all the Vaiṣṇavas, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu distributed mahā-prasādam as if sprinkling nectar. At that time the mock fight between Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu became more and more delicious.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Mahā-prasādam Distributed Like Nectar

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu called all the Vaiṣṇavas.

  2. 2

    He distributed mahā-prasādam as if sprinkling nectar.

  3. 3

    The mock fight between Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu became more and more delicious.

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:

After all the Vaiṣṇavas finished their luncheon, Svarūpa Dāmodara and others took their prasādam within the room. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethereafter
  2. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. sarva-vaiṣṇaveraof all the Vaiṣṇavas
  4. nāmanames
  5. lañācalling
  6. mahā-prasādathe remnants of the food of Lord Jagannātha
  7. denadelivers
  8. mahā-amṛtatranscendental nectar
  9. siñciyāsprinkling
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Audārya · Love that moves outward

    The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “distributed”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws your attention to the sweetness of this gathering?

Practice

Read the verse slowly today, pausing to picture mahā-prasādam being distributed like nectar.

Live this todayMahā-prasādam Distributed Like NectarThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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