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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 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes
Madhya 14.29Madhya 14.31

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.30

হরিবল্লভ, সেঁওতি, কর্পূর, মালতী ।

ডালিমা মরিচ-লাড়ু, নবাত, অমৃতি ॥ ৩০ ॥

hari-vallabha, seṅoti, karpūra, mālatī

ḍālimā marica-lāḍu, navāta, amṛti

Translation

There were also the sweets known as hari-vallabha and sweets made of seṅoti flowers, karpūra flowers and mālatī flowers. There were pomegranates, sweets made with black pepper, sweets made with fused sugar, and amṛti-jilipi.

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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.

Sweets With Flowers, Pepper and Sugar

  1. 1

    There were sweets known as hari-vallabha.

  2. 2

    Other sweets were made of seṅoti flowers, karpūra flowers and mālatī flowers.

  3. 3

    There were also pomegranates, sweets made with black pepper, sweets made with fused sugar, and amṛti-jilipi.

How it feels

Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.

The mood of Madhya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

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

He then took the opportunity to massage the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. hari-vallabhaa sweetmeat like bread fried in ghee (like a doughnut)
  2. seṅotia sweetmeat made of a kind of fragrant flower
  3. karpūraa flower
  4. mālatīanother flower
  5. ḍālimāpomegranate
  6. marica-lāḍua sweetmeat made with black pepper
  7. navātaanother kind of sweetmeat, made with fused sugar
  8. amṛtia preparation generally called amṛti-jilipi, made with rice powder and chick-pea flour, mixed with yogurt, fried in ghee and immersed in sugar water
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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: “hari-vallabha”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which ingredient in this list most draws your attention?

Practice

Choose one unfamiliar sweet or ingredient and copy its name exactly as it appears in the verse.

Live this todaySweets With Flowers, Pepper and SugarThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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