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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 3.43Madhya 3.45

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.44

মধ্যে পীত-ঘৃতসিক্ত শাল্যন্নের স্তূপ ।

চারিদিকে ব্যঞ্জন-ডোঙ্গা, আর মুদ্গসূপ ॥ ৪৪ ॥

madhye pīta-ghṛta-sikta śāly-annera stūpa

cāri-dike vyañjana-ḍoṅgā, āra mudga-sūpa

Translation

The cooked rice was a stack of very fine grains nicely cooked, and in the middle was yellow clarified butter from the milk of cows. Surrounding the stack of rice were pots made of the skins of banana trees, and in these pots were varieties of vegetables and mung dhal.

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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.

A Carefully Arranged Meal

  1. 1

    Very fine grains of rice were nicely cooked and arranged in a stack.

  2. 2

    Yellow clarified butter made from cows’ milk was placed in the middle of the rice.

  3. 3

    Pots made from banana-tree skins surrounded the rice. They held varieties of vegetables and mung dhal.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was induced to believe that the river Ganges was the Yamunā. When He was worshiping the sacred river, Advaita Prabhu arrived in a boat.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. madhyein the middle
  2. pītayellow
  3. ghṛta-siktawet with clarified butter
  4. śāli-anneraof very fine cooked rice
  5. stūpaa mound
  6. cāri-dikesurrounding the mound of rice
  7. vyañjana-ḍoṅgāvegetable pots
  8. āraand
  9. mudga-sūpadhal made of split mung
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “cooked”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which detail of this meal’s arrangement draws your attention most?

Practice

When serving a meal today, take a moment to arrange the rice and accompanying dishes with care.

Live this todayA Carefully Arranged MealThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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