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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 15.299

সার্বভৌম-ঘরে এই ভোজন-চরিত ।

সার্বভৌম-প্রেম যাঁহা হইলা বিদিত ॥ ২৯৯ ॥

sārvabhauma-ghare ei bhojana-carita

sārvabhauma-prema yāṅhā ha-ilā vidita

Translation

These are the peculiar characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes. Thus the Lord ate in Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s house, and in this way Sārvabhauma’s love for the Lord has become very well known.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Pastime Makes Love Known

  1. 1

    The account reveals the distinctive characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.

  2. 2

    The Lord eats in Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s house.

  3. 3

    Through this pastime, Sārvabhauma’s love for the Lord becomes very well known.

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:

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. The following morning, he was attacked by the disease of visūcikā (cholera).
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. sārvabhauma-gharein the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  2. eithese
  3. bhojana-caritaeating affairs
  4. sārvabhauma-premalove of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  5. yāṅhāwhere
  6. ha-ilābecame
  7. viditawell known
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this account help me appreciate Sārvabhauma’s love for the Lord?

Practice

Write one sentence about how this pastime reveals Sārvabhauma’s love for the Lord.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Pastime Makes Love KnownThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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