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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 3: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Stay at the House of Advaita Ācārya
Madhya 3.47Madhya 3.49

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.48

নারিকেল-শস্য, ছানা, শর্করা মধুর ।

মোচাঘণ্ট, দুগ্ধকুষ্মাণ্ড, সকল প্রচুর ॥ ৪৮ ॥

nārikela-śasya, chānā, śarkarā madhura

mocā-ghaṇṭa, dugdha-kuṣmāṇḍa, sakala pracura

Translation

The preparation made with coconut pulp mixed with curd and rock candy was very sweet. There was a curry made of banana flowers and squash boiled in milk, all in great quantity.

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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.

Sweet Preparations in Great Quantity

  1. 1

    Coconut pulp was mixed with curd and rock candy. This preparation was very sweet.

  2. 2

    There was a curry made of banana flowers.

  3. 3

    Squash was boiled in milk, and the preparations were supplied in great quantity.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nārikela-śasyathe pulp of coconut
  2. chānācurd
  3. śarkarāfruit sugar
  4. madhuravery sweet
  5. mocā-ghaṇṭaa semisolid preparation made with banana flowers
  6. dugdha-kuṣmāṇḍanewly grown squash cut into pieces and boiled in milk
  7. sakalaall
  8. pracuraplentiful
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which combination of ingredients in this verse would you like to understand better?

Practice

Write down one ingredient combination from this verse in your cooking notes.

Live this todaySweet Preparations in Great QuantityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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