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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 3: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Stay at the House of Advaita Ācārya
Madhya 3.42Madhya 3.44

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.43

বত্তিশা-আঠিয়া-কলার আঙ্গটিয়া পাতে ।

দুই ঠাঞি ভোগ বাড়াইল ভাল মতে ॥ ৪৩ ॥

battiśā-āṭhiyā-kalāra āṅgaṭiyā pāte

dui ṭhāñi bhoga bāḍāila bhāla mate

Translation

Of the three divisions, one was arranged on a metal plate, and the other two were arranged on plantain leaves. These leaves were not bifurcated, and they were taken from a banana tree that held at least thirty-two bunches of bananas. The two plates were filled very nicely with the kinds of food described below.

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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.

Food Arranged With Care

  1. 1

    One of the three portions was arranged on a metal plate. The other two were arranged on plantain leaves.

  2. 2

    The leaves were not bifurcated. They came from a banana tree that held at least thirty-two bunches of bananas.

  3. 3

    The two leaf plates were filled very nicely with the prepared foods.

How it feels

Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.

The mood of Madhya 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 3: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Stay at the House of Advaita Ācārya

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

After accepting the sannyāsa order at Katwa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu traveled continuously for three days in Rāḍha-deśa and, by the trick of Nityānanda Prabhu, eventually came to the western side of Śāntipura. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was induced to believe that the river Ganges was the Yamunā.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. battiśā-āṭhiyāproducing thirty-two bunches
  2. kalāraof a banana tree
  3. āṅgaṭiyāundivided
  4. pāteon leaves
  5. dui ṭhāñiin two places
  6. bhogathe eatables
  7. bāḍāilaarranged
  8. bhāla matevery nicely
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the care taken in choosing and filling these plates?

Practice

Arrange one plate of food neatly and carefully today.

Live this todayFood Arranged With CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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