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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.193

তবে সার্বভৌম করে আর নিবেদন ।

তোমার সঙ্গে সন্ন্যাসী আছে দশজন ॥ ১৯৩ ॥

tabe sārvabhauma kare āra nivedana

tomāra saṅge sannyāsī āche daśa-jana

Translation

After this, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya said, “My Lord, there are ten sannyāsīs with You.”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Affection Within the Principles of Renunciation

  1. 1

    A sannyāsī should not cook food for himself or accept an invitation to a devotee’s house continuously for many days.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very kind and affectionate toward His devotees, yet He would not accept a long invitation. Out of affection, He accepted only five days in the month.

  3. 3

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya noted that ten sannyāsīs were living with the Lord.

Key points from the purport
  • A sannyāsī should not cook food for himself or accept an invitation to eat at a devotee’s house continuously for many days.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very kind and affectionate toward His devotees, yet He would not accept a long invitation at Sārvabhauma’s house.
  • The ten sannyāsīs living with the Lord were (1) Paramānanda Purī, (2) Svarūpa Dāmodara, (3) Brahmānanda Purī, (4) Brahmānanda Bhāratī, (5) Viṣṇu Purī, (6) Keśava Purī, (7) Kṛṣṇānanda Purī, (8) Nṛsiṁha Tīrtha, (9) Sukhānanda Purī and (10) Satyānanda Bhāratī.

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:

He also instructed the Vaiṣṇavas from Khaṇḍa, as well as Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Vidyā-vācaspati, and He praised Murāri Gupta for his firm faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. Considering the humble prayer of Vāsudeva Datta, He established that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is qualified to deliver all the conditioned souls.
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. tabethereafter
  2. sārvabhaumaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  3. karedoes
  4. āraanother
  5. nivedanasubmission
  6. tomāra saṅgewith You
  7. sannyāsīin the renounced order of life
  8. āchethere are
  9. daśa-janaten persons
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can affection and respect for religious principles guide your hospitality together?

Practice

Ask someone you wish to host what arrangements would respect their religious commitments.

Live this todayAffection Within the Principles of RenunciationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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