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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 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

Madhya 16.56 Madhya 16.58

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.57

প্রভুর প্রিয়-ব্যঞ্জন সব রান্ধেন মালিনী ।

‘ভক্ত্যে দাসী’-অভিমান, ‘স্নেহেতে জননী’ ॥ ৫৭ ॥

prabhura priya-vyañjana saba rāndhena mālinī

‘bhaktye dāsī’-abhimāna, ‘snehete jananī’

Translation

The Lord’s favorite vegetables were cooked by Mālinīdevī, the wife of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. She devotedly considered herself a maidservant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but in affection she was just like a mother.

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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.

Serving with Humility and Motherly Affection

1
Mālinīdevī, the wife of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, cooked the Lord’s favorite vegetables.
2
She devotedly considered herself a maidservant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
3
In her affection for Him, she was just like a mother.

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

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

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

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of this chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana, Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya indirectly presented many obstructions.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prabhuraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
priya-vyañjanafavorite vegetables
sabaall
rāndhenacooks
mālinīthe wife of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura
bhaktye dāsīin devotion she was just like a maidservant
abhimānait was her conception
snehetein affection
jananīexactly like a mother

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favorite”
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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can my service combine a servant’s humility with a mother’s care?

Practice

Prepare or help prepare one food someone enjoys today, with a humble and caring attitude.

Live this todayServing with Humility and Motherly AffectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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