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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 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service
Madhya 4.120Madhya 4.122

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.121

এই ইচ্ছায় লজ্জা পাঞা বিষ্ণুস্মরণ কৈল ।

হেনকালে ভোগ সরি’ আরতি বাজিল ॥ ১২১ ॥

ei icchāya lajjā pāñā viṣṇu-smaraṇa kaila

hena-kāle bhoga sari’ ārati bājila

Translation

Mādhavendra Purī became greatly ashamed when he desired to taste the sweet rice, and he immediately began to think of Lord Viṣṇu. While he was thus thinking of Lord Viṣṇu, the offering was completed, and the ārati ceremony began.

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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.

Turn Your Thoughts Toward Lord Viṣṇu

  1. 1

    Mādhavendra Purī became greatly ashamed when he desired to taste the sweet rice.

  2. 2

    He immediately began to think of Lord Viṣṇu.

  3. 3

    While he was thinking of Lord Viṣṇu, the offering was completed and the ārati ceremony began.

How it feels

Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.

The mood of Madhya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Having received this order, Mādhavendra Purī immediately started for Orissa. Traveling through Bengal, he reached Remuṇā village and there received a pot of condensed milk ( kṣīra ) offered to the Deity of Gopīnāthajī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei icchāyaby this desire
  2. lajjāshame
  3. pāñāgetting
  4. viṣṇu-smaraṇaremembrance of Lord Viṣṇu
  5. kailadid
  6. hena-kāleat that time
  7. bhogathe food
  8. sari’being finished
  9. āratithe ārati ceremony
  10. bājilawas sounded
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When I feel troubled by a desire, can I turn my thoughts toward Lord Viṣṇu?

Practice

Set aside a quiet moment today to think of Lord Viṣṇu.

Live this todayTurn Your Thoughts Toward Lord ViṣṇuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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