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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 12.217 Madhya 12.219

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.218

মধ্যে মধ্যে ভোগ লাগে, মধ্যে দরশন ।

ভোগের সময়ে প্রভু করেন কীর্তন ॥ ২১৮ ॥

madhye madhye bhoga lāge, madhye daraśana

bhogera samaye prabhu karena kīrtana

Translation

Their looking at the face of Lord Jagannātha was interrupted only when He was offered food. Afterwards they would again look upon His face. When the food was being offered to the Lord, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed His kīrtana.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kīrtana During the Food Offering

1
Their looking at Lord Jagannātha’s face was interrupted only when food was offered to Him.
2
After the offering, they again looked upon His face.
3
While the food was being offered, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed His kīrtana.

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

Madhya 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement. At that time Lord Caitanya was accompanied by all the devotees, and all of them were very pleased.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

madhye madhyeat intervals
bhoga lāgethere were offerings of food
madhyesometimes
daraśanaseeing
bhogera samayeat the time of offering prasādam
prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
karena kīrtanaperformed congregational chanting

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “kīrtana”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can this example encourage me to make time for kīrtana during a pause in my day?

Practice

Use one short pause today to sing the Lord’s holy name.

Live this todayKīrtana During the Food OfferingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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