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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 14.36Madhya 14.38

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.37

কেয়াপত্র-দ্রোণী আইল বোঝা পাঁচ-সাত ।

এক এক জনে দশ দোনা দিল, — এত পাত ॥ ৩৭ ॥

keyā-patra-droṇī āila bojhā pāṅca-sāta

eka eka jane daśa donā dila, — eta pāta

Translation

There then arrived five or seven loads of plates made of the leaves of the ketakī tree. Each man was supplied ten of these plates, and in this way the leaf dishes were distributed.

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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.

Providing Plates for Everyone

  1. 1

    Five or seven loads of plates arrived.

  2. 2

    The plates were made from leaves of the ketakī tree.

  3. 3

    Each man received ten plates as the leaf dishes were distributed.

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:

The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. keyā-patra-droṇīplates made of leaves of the ketakī tree
  2. āilaarrived
  3. bojhāin loads
  4. pāṅca-sātafive or seven
  5. eka eka janeto each and every man
  6. daśa donā dilaten such plates were given
  7. eta pātaso many leaf dishes
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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 do you notice about the practical arrangements made for each person?

Practice

Help set out plates for a meal today, checking that each person has what is needed.

Live this todayProviding Plates for EveryoneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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