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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 3.75Madhya 3.77

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.76

তিন জনার ভক্ষ্যপিণ্ড — তোমার এক গ্রাস ।

তার লেখায় এই অন্ন নহে পঞ্চগ্রাস ॥ ৭৬ ॥

tina janāra bhakṣya-piṇḍa — tomāra eka grāsa

tāra lekhāya ei anna nahe pañca-grāsa

Translation

Śrī Advaita Ācārya said, “The amount of food that three people can eat does not constitute even a morsel for You. In proportion to that, these edibles are not even five morsels of food for You.”

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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.

An Abundant Meal Described as Small

  1. 1

    Śrī Advaita Ācārya said that food sufficient for three people was not even a morsel for the Lord.

  2. 2

    He described the food before the Lord as not even five morsels.

  3. 3

    His words presented the meal as small in proportion to what the Lord could eat.

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. tina janāraof three persons
  2. bhakṣya-piṇḍathe stack of eatables
  3. tomāraof You
  4. eka grāsaone morsel
  5. tārato that
  6. lekhāyain proportion
  7. ei annathis food
  8. naheis not
  9. pañca-grāsafive morsels
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me in Śrī Advaita Ācārya’s way of describing the meal?

Practice

Read the translation aloud once, noticing both comparisons about the amount of food.

Live this todayAn Abundant Meal Described as SmallThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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