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  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 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
Madhya 19.127Madhya 19.129

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.128

‘বিপ্রগৃহে’ স্থূলভিক্ষা, কাহাঁ মাধুকরী ।

শুষ্ক রুটী-চানা চিবায় ভোগ পরিহরি’ ॥ ১২৮ ॥

‘vipra-gṛhe’ sthūla-bhikṣā, kāhāṅ mādhu-karī

śuṣka ruṭī-cānā civāya bhoga parihari’

Translation

“Śrīla Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmī beg a little food from the houses of brāhmaṇas. Giving up all kinds of material enjoyment, they take only some dry bread and fried chickpeas.

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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.

Simple Food Without Material Enjoyment

  1. 1

    Śrīla Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmī begged a little food from the houses of brāhmaṇas.

  2. 2

    They gave up all kinds of material enjoyment.

  3. 3

    They ate only some dry bread and fried chickpeas.

How it feels

Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.

The mood of Madhya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

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

Giving this excuse, he sat at home and studied Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with learned brāhmaṇa scholars. The Nawab Hussain Shah first sent his personal physician to see what the real facts were; then he personally came to see why Sanātana was not attending to official business.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vipra-gṛhein the house of a brāhmaṇa
  2. sthūla-bhikṣāfull meals
  3. kāhāṅsometimes
  4. mādhu-karībegging little by little, like honeybees
  5. śuṣkadry
  6. ruṭībread
  7. cānāchickpeas
  8. civāyachew
  9. bhoga parihari’giving up all kinds of material enjoyment
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does their simple eating challenge my desire for material enjoyment?

Practice

Choose a simple, nourishing meal today rather than an elaborate one.

Live this todaySimple Food Without Material EnjoymentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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