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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 17.61Madhya 17.64

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 17.62-63

দুই-চারি দিনের অন্ন রাখেন সংহতি ।

যাহাঁ শূন্য বন, লোকের নাহিক বসতি ॥ ৬২ ॥

dui-cāri dinera anna rākhena saṁhati

yāhāṅ śūnya vana, lokera nāhika vasati

Translation

Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya used to keep a stock of food grain that would last from two to four days. Where there were no people, he would cook the grain and prepare vegetables, spinach, roots and fruits collected from the forest.

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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.

Preparing Supplies for Service

  1. 1

    Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya kept enough food grain to last from two to four days.

  2. 2

    Where there were no people, he would cook the grain he had stored.

  3. 3

    He also prepared vegetables, spinach, roots and fruits collected from the forest.

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:

If there were no village, Balabhadra would cook whatever rice remained and collect some spinach from the forest for the Lord to eat. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased with the behavior of Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dui-cāritwo to four
  2. dineraof days
  3. annafood grain
  4. rākhenakeeps
  5. saṁhatiin stock
  6. yāhāṅwherever
  7. śūnya vanathe solitary forest
  8. lokeraof people
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could a little preparation help you provide a meal when supplies are harder to obtain?

Practice

Check your food supplies and set aside what you need for one simple meal.

Live this todayPreparing Supplies for ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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