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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 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 15.182Madhya 15.184-185

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.183

গদাধর-পণ্ডিত রহিলা প্রভুর পাশে ।

যমেশ্বরে প্রভু যাঁরে করাইলা আবাসে ॥ ১৮৩ ॥

gadādhara-paṇḍita rahilā prabhura pāśe

yameśvare prabhu yāṅre karāilā āvāse

Translation

Gadādhara Paṇḍita remained with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he was given a place to live at Yameśvara.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Gadādhara Paṇḍita Remains With the Lord

  1. 1

    Gadādhara Paṇḍita remained with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and was given a place to live at Yameśvara.

  2. 2

    Yameśvara is on the southwest side of the Jagannātha temple.

  3. 3

    Gadādhara Paṇḍita’s residence there included a small garden and a sandy beach known as Yameśvara-ṭoṭā.

Key points from the purport
  • Yameśvara is on the southwest side of the Jagannātha temple.
  • Gadādhara Paṇḍita resided there, and there was a small garden and a sandy beach known as Yameśvara-ṭoṭā.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.

The mood of Madhya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent Nityānanda Prabhu to Bengal for preaching and also sent Rāmadāsa, Gadādhara dāsa and several other devotees with Him. Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannātha prasādam and a cloth from Lord Jagannātha to His mother through Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. gadādhara-paṇḍitaGadādhara Paṇḍita
  2. rahilāremained
  3. prabhura pāśealong with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. yameśvareat Yameśvara
  5. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. yāṅreunto whom
  7. karāilāmade to take
  8. āvāseresidence
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which details help me picture the place where Gadādhara Paṇḍita remained?

Practice

Write one sentence recalling where Gadādhara Paṇḍita lived and with whom he remained.

Live this todayGadādhara Paṇḍita Remains With the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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