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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 15.96

ইহার ঘরের আয়-ব্যয় সব — তোমার স্থানে ।

‘সরখেল’ হঞা তুমি করিহ সমাধানে ॥ ৯৬ ॥

ihāra gharera āya-vyaya saba — tomāra sthāne

‘sara khela’ hañā tumi kariha samādhāne

Translation

“Please take care of Vāsudeva Datta’s family affairs. Become his manager and make the proper adjustments.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Practical Help With Family Affairs

  1. 1

    The Lord asks Śivānanda Sena to take care of Vāsudeva Datta’s family affairs.

  2. 2

    He asks him to become Vāsudeva Datta’s manager and make the proper adjustments.

  3. 3

    Vāsudeva Datta and Śivānanda Sena lived in the same neighborhood, presently called Kumārahaṭṭa or Hālisahara.

Key points from the purport
  • Vāsudeva Datta and Śivānanda Sena were living in the same neighborhood, which is presently called Kumārahaṭṭa or Hālisahara.

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:

Then the Lord and His devotees observed Vijayā-daśamī, the day of victory when Lord Rāmacandra conquered Laṅkā. The devotees all became soldiers of Lord Rāmacandra, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in the ecstasy of Hanumān, manifested various transcendentally blissful activities.
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. ihāraof Vāsudeva Datta
  2. ghareraof household affairs
  3. āya-vyayaincome and expenditures
  4. sabaall
  5. tomāra sthāneat your place
  6. sara khela hañābeing the manager
  7. tumiyou
  8. kariha samādhānearrange
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Could I help someone nearby with a practical household responsibility?

Practice

Offer to help someone with one small household task, such as organizing an expense record.

Live this todayPractical Help With Family AffairsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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