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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 3.53Madhya 3.55

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.54

দুগ্ধ-চিড়া-কলা আর দুগ্ধ-লক্‌লকী ।

যতেক করিল’ তাহা কহিতে না শকি ॥ ৫৪ ॥

dugdha-ciḍā-kalā āra dugdha-laklakī

yateka karila’ tāhā kahite nā śaki

Translation

Besides the other preparations, there were chipped rice made with milk and mixed with bananas, and also white squash boiled in milk. Indeed, it is not possible to describe all the preparations that were made.

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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.

Preparations Beyond Full Description

  1. 1

    There was chipped rice made with milk and mixed with bananas.

  2. 2

    White squash boiled in milk was also prepared.

  3. 3

    There were so many preparations that it was not possible to describe them all.

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:

When He was worshiping the sacred river, Advaita Prabhu arrived in a boat. Advaita Prabhu asked Him to take His bath in the Ganges and took Him to His (Advaita’s) house.
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. dugdha-ciḍāchipped rice made with milk
  2. kalāmixed with bananas
  3. āraand
  4. dugdha-laklakīa kind of squash known as lāu, boiled with milk
  5. yatekaall that
  6. karila’was prepared
  7. tāhāthat
  8. kahiteto describe
  9. nānot
  10. śakiI am able
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What impression does the statement that not everything could be described leave with you?

Practice

Write down the two preparations named here, noting what ingredient they share.

Live this todayPreparations Beyond Full DescriptionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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