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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 15.196

আর অষ্ট সন্ন্যাসীর ভিক্ষা দুই দুই দিবসে ।

এক একদিন, এক এক জনে পূর্ণ হইল মাসে ॥ ১৯৬ ॥

āra aṣṭa sannyāsīra bhikṣā dui dui divase

eka eka-dina, eka eka jane pūrṇa ha-ila māse

Translation

“The other eight sannyāsīs will accept invitations for two days each. In this way there will be engagements for each and every day during the entire month.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Carefully Arranging a Month of Invitations

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would visit Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya for five days, and Paramānanda Purī Gosvāmī for five days.

  2. 2

    Svarūpa Dāmodara would visit for four days, and the other eight sannyāsīs for two days each.

  3. 3

    In this way, invitations would fill all thirty days of the month.

Key points from the purport
  • During the entire month, consisting of thirty days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would visit Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya for five days, Paramānanda Purī Gosvāmī would visit for five days, Svarūpa Dāmodara for four days, and the eight other sannyāsīs for two days each.

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:

When the Lord bade farewell to Rāghava Paṇḍita, Vāsudeva Datta, the residents of Kulīna-grāma and other devotees, He praised them for their transcendental qualities. Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān asked some questions, and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed them that all householder devotees must engage themselves in the service of Vaiṣṇavas exclusively devoted to chanting the holy name of the Lord.
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. āraother
  2. aṣṭaeight
  3. sannyāsīraof sannyāsīs
  4. bhikṣāinvitation for lunch
  5. dui dui divasetwo days each
  6. eka eka-dinaon each day
  7. eka eka janeone person
  8. pūrṇafilled
  9. ha-ilawill be
  10. māsethe month
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can careful planning help me make room to serve others?

Practice

Set aside a specific time today to arrange one act of hospitality.

Live this todayCarefully Arranging a Month of InvitationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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