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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 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.236Madhya 25.238

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.237

তবে দুঁহে জগন্নাথপ্রসাদ আনিল ।

সবা-সঙ্গে মহাপ্রভু ভোজন করিল ॥ ২৩৭ ॥

tabe duṅhe jagannātha-prasāda ānila

sabā-saṅge mahāprabhu bhojana karila

Translation

Upon receiving Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s order, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Paṇḍita Gosāñi brought sufficient prasādam from the temple of Jagannātha. The Lord then dined with everyone at His own place.

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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.

Serving Prasādam for Everyone

  1. 1

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Paṇḍita Gosāñi acted upon Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s order.

  2. 2

    They brought sufficient prasādam from the temple of Jagannātha.

  3. 3

    The Lord then dined with everyone at His own place.

How it feels

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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

The Lord then departed for Jagannātha Purī. Kavirāja Gosvāmī then describes something about Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī and Subuddhi Rāya.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethen
  2. duṅheboth Sārvabhauma and Paṇḍita Gosāñi
  3. jagannātha-prasāda ānilabrought the mahā-prasādam of Jagannātha
  4. sabā-saṅgewith all of them
  5. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. bhojana kariladined
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you help ensure that everyone is included when prasādam is shared?

Practice

When sharing prasādam today, check that there is enough for everyone present.

Live this todayServing Prasādam for EveryoneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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