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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 15.53 Madhya 15.56

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 15.54-55

একদিন শাল্যন্ন, ব্যঞ্জন পাঁচ-সাত ।

শাক, মোচা-ঘণ্ট, ভৃষ্ট-পটোল-নিম্বপাত ॥ ৫৪ ॥

eka-dina śāly-anna, vyañjana pāṅca-sāta

śāka, mocā-ghaṇṭa, bhṛṣṭa-paṭola-nimba-pāta

Translation

“One day My mother, Śacī, offered food to Śālagrāma Viṣṇu. She offered rice cooked from śāli paddies, various kinds of vegetables, spinach, curry made of banana flowers, fried paṭola with nimba leaves, pieces of ginger with lemon, and also yogurt, milk, sugar candy and many other foods.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Śacī Offers Food to Śālagrāma Viṣṇu

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One day His mother, Śacī, offered food to Śālagrāma Viṣṇu.
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Her offering included rice cooked from śāli paddies, vegetables, spinach, banana-flower curry, and fried paṭola with nimba leaves.
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She also offered ginger with lemon, yogurt, milk, sugar candy, and many other foods.

How it feels

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

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

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in return, worshiped Advaita Ācārya with the flowers and tulasī that remained on the offered plate and said a mantra, yo ’si so ’si namo ’stu te (“Whatever You are, You are — but I offer My respects unto You”). Then Advaita Ācārya Prabhu invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for prasādam.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

eka-dinaone day
śāli-annacooked rice made of śāli paddy
vyañjanavegetables
pāṅca-sātafive to seven different kinds
śākaspinach
mocā-ghaṇṭacurry made from banana flowers
bhṛṣṭafried
paṭolapaṭola vegetables

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cooked”, “offered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the variety of foods in Śacī’s offering?

Practice

Read through the foods in the offering slowly, noticing the care expressed in its variety.

Live this todayŚacī Offers Food to Śālagrāma ViṣṇuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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