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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 17.179Madhya 17.181

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.180

তথাপি পুরী দেখি’ তাঁর ‘বৈষ্ণব’-আচার ।

‘শিষ্য’ করি’ তাঁর ভিক্ষা কৈল অঙ্গীকার ॥ ১৮০ ॥

tathāpi purī dekhi’ tāṅra ‘vaiṣṇava’-ācāra

‘śiṣya’ kari’ tāṅra bhikṣā kaila aṅgīkāra

Translation

Although the brāhmaṇa belonged to the Sanoḍiyā community, Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī had seen that he behaved like a Vaiṣṇava and had therefore accepted him as his disciple. The food he had cooked had also been accepted by Mādhavendra Purī.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Vaiṣṇava Behavior Matters Beyond Community

  1. 1

    The brāhmaṇa belonged to the Sanoḍiyā community.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī saw that he behaved like a Vaiṣṇava and therefore accepted him as his disciple.

  3. 3

    Mādhavendra Purī also accepted the food the brāhmaṇa had cooked.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next passed through Prayāga and Mathurā and then took His lunch at the home of a Sānoḍiyā brāhmaṇa, a disciple of Mādhavendra Purī. He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tathāpistill
  2. purīMādhavendra Purī
  3. dekhi’after seeing
  4. tāṅraof the brāhmaṇa
  5. vaiṣṇava-ācārabehavior like a Vaiṣṇava
  6. śiṣya kari’accepting him as his disciple
  7. tāṅra bhikṣāfood offered by him
  8. kaila aṅgīkāraaccepted
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I pay more attention to someone’s devotional behavior than to their community?

Practice

Recall one devotee and identify a quality of their behavior that you appreciate.

Live this todayVaiṣṇava Behavior Matters Beyond CommunityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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