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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 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 17.101Madhya 17.103

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.102

বিপ্র সব নিমন্ত্রয়, প্রভু নাহি মানে ।

প্রভু কহে, — ‘আজি মোর হঞাছে নিমন্ত্রণে’ ॥ ১০২ ॥

vipra saba nimantraya, prabhu nāhi māne

prabhu kahe, — ‘āji mora hañāche nimantraṇe’

Translation

When the brāhmaṇas of Vārāṇasī would invite Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to lunch, the Lord would not accept their invitations. He would reply, “I have already been invited somewhere else.”

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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.

The Lord Declines Further Invitations

  1. 1

    The brāhmaṇas of Vārāṇasī invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to lunch.

  2. 2

    The Lord did not accept their invitations.

  3. 3

    He replied that He had already been invited somewhere else.

How it feels

Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.

The mood of Madhya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

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

In this way the Lord passed through the jungle of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) and finally reached Vārāṇasī. After taking His bath at the Maṇikarṇikā-ghāṭa at Vārāṇasī, He met Tapana Miśra, who took the Lord to his place and respectfully gave Him a comfortable residence.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. viprathe brāhmaṇas
  2. sabaall
  3. nimantrayainvite
  4. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. nāhi mānedoes not accept
  6. prabhu kahethe Lord replies
  7. ājitoday
  8. moraMy
  9. hañāchehas been
  10. nimantraṇeinvitation
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you communicate an existing commitment simply and clearly?

Practice

Review one commitment you have already made and make room to honor it today.

Live this todayThe Lord Declines Further InvitationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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