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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 15.254 Madhya 15.256

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.255

সর্বাঙ্গে পরাইল প্রভুর মাল্যচন্দন ।

দণ্ডবৎ হঞা বলে সদৈন্য বচন ॥ ২৫৫ ॥

sarvāṅge parāila prabhura mālya-candana

daṇḍavat hañā bale sadainya vacana

Translation

The Bhaṭṭācārya then placed a flower garland over Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and smeared His body with sandalwood pulp. After offering obeisances, the Bhaṭṭācārya submitted the following humble statement.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honor the Lord with Humble Service

1
The Bhaṭṭācārya placed a flower garland over Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
2
He smeared the Lord’s body with sandalwood pulp.
3
After offering obeisances, he submitted a humble statement.

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

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

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

Considering the humble prayer of Vāsudeva Datta, He established that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is qualified to deliver all the conditioned souls. Thereafter, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was accepting prasādam at the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Sārvabhauma’s son-in-law, Amogha, created trouble in the family with his criticisms.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

sarva-aṅgeall over the body
parāilaput
prabhuraof the Lord
mālya-candanaa flower garland and sandalwood pulp
daṇḍavat hañāoffering obeisances
balesays
sa-dainyahumble
vacanastatement

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humble”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can my words reflect the humility expressed in offering obeisances?

Practice

Offer obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today, taking a moment to express yourself humbly.

Live this todayHonor the Lord with Humble ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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