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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 3.74Madhya 3.76

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.75

আচার্য বলে — নীলাচলে খাও চৌয়ান্নবার ।

একবারে অন্ন খাও শত শত ভার ॥ ৭৫ ॥

ācārya bale — nīlācale khāo cauyānna-bāra

eka-bāre anna khāo śata śata bhāra

Translation

In this connection Advaita Ācārya referred to Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s eating at Jagannātha Purī. Lord Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are identical. Advaita Ācārya pointed out that at Jagannātha Purī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate fifty-four times a day, and each time He ate many hundreds of pots of food.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Two Lords Are Identical

  1. 1

    Advaita Ācārya referred to Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s eating at Jagannātha Purī.

  2. 2

    Lord Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are identical.

  3. 3

    Advaita Ācārya pointed out that Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate fifty-four times a day there, eating many hundreds of pots of food each time.

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:

Mother Śacīdevī cooked for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu, and at that time there were many joking exchanges between Advaita Prabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu. In the evening there was a mass saṅkīrtana at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and mother Śacīdevī gave Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu permission to leave.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ācārya baleAdvaita Ācārya replies
  2. nīlācaleat Jagannātha Purī
  3. khāoYou eat
  4. cauyānna-bārafifty-four times
  5. eka-bāreat one time
  6. annaeatables
  7. khāoYou eat
  8. śata śata bhārahundreds of pots
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Their identity help me understand Advaita Ācārya’s words about this meal?

Practice

Reread the translation today, pausing over the statement that Lord Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are identical.

Live this todayThe Two Lords Are IdenticalThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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