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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 17.88Madhya 17.90

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.89

প্রভুরে নিমন্ত্রণ করি’ ঘরে ভিক্ষা দিল ।

বলভদ্র-ভট্টাচার্যে পাক করাইল ॥ ৮৯ ॥

prabhure nimantraṇa kari’ ghare bhikṣā dila

balabhadra-bhaṭṭācārye pāka karāila

Translation

Tapana Miśra invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to take lunch at his home, and he had Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya cook.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Welcoming the Lord for Lunch

  1. 1

    Tapana Miśra invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to lunch at his home and had Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya cook. During His stay in Vārāṇasī, the Lord stayed at Tapana Miśra’s house.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed daily at nearby Pañcanadī-ghāṭa and visited the temple of Bindu Mādhava. Afterwards, He took lunch at Tapana Miśra’s house.

  3. 3

    It is said that after eating, the Lord rested beneath a large banyan tree near the temple. The tree became known as Caitanya-vaṭa, and through changes in language the name became Yatana-vaṭa.

Key points from the purport
  • While at Vārāṇasī (Benares), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed at the house of Tapana Miśra.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to take His bath daily at this ghat, and He used to see the temple of Bindu Mādhava.
  • Then He would take His lunch at Tapana Miśra’s house.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

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. At Vārāṇasī, Vaidya Candraśekhara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s old friend, also rendered service unto Him.
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. prabhure nimantraṇa kari’inviting the Lord
  2. ghareat home
  3. bhikṣā dilagave lunch
  4. balabhadra-bhaṭṭācāryeBalabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya
  5. pāka karāilahe had cook
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Tapana Miśra’s invitation help you appreciate the service of hospitality?

Practice

Help with one part of preparing or serving someone’s meal today.

Live this todayWelcoming the Lord for LunchThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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