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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 16.26Madhya 16.28

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.27

ভক্ষ্য দিয়া করেন সবার সর্বত্র পালনে ।

পরম আনন্দে যান প্রভুর দরশনে ॥ ২৭ ॥

bhakṣya diyā karena sabāra sarvatra pālane

parama ānande yāna prabhura daraśane

Translation

Śivānanda Sena also supplied food to all the devotees and took care of them along the way. In this way, feeling great happiness, he went to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Joyfully Caring for the Devotees

  1. 1

    Śivānanda Sena supplied food to all the devotees.

  2. 2

    He took care of them along the way.

  3. 3

    Feeling great happiness, he traveled to Jagannātha Purī to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

How it feels

Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

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

This time, all the wives of the Vaiṣṇavas brought many types of food, intending to extend invitations to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. When the devotees arrived, Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent His blessings in the form of garlands.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhakṣya diyāsupplying food
  2. karenahe does
  3. sabāraof everyone
  4. sarvatraeverywhere
  5. pālanemaintenance
  6. parama ānandein great pleasure
  7. yānahe goes
  8. prabhura daraśaneto see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I find happiness in caring for devotees?

Practice

Offer food or practical help to a devotee today.

Live this todayJoyfully Caring for the DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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