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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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

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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.18

মহাপ্রসাদ-ক্ষীর-লোভে রহিলা প্রভু তথা ।

পূর্বে ঈশ্বরপুরী তাঁরে কহিয়াছেন কথা ॥ ১৮ ॥

mahāprasāda-kṣīra-lobhe rahilā prabhu tathā

pūrve īśvara-purī tāṅre kahiyāchena kathā

Translation

The Lord remained there because He was very eager to receive the remnants of sweet rice offered to the Gopīnātha Deity, having heard a narration from His spiritual master, Īśvara Purī, of what had once happened there.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Eagerness for the Lord’s Offered Food

1
The Lord remained there because He was eager to receive the remnants of sweet rice offered to Gopīnātha.
2
He had heard from His spiritual master, Īśvara Purī, about something that had once happened there.
3
The narration He had heard was the reason for His eagerness to stay.

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

Madhya 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service

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

There He narrated the story of Mādhavendra Purī, as He had heard it from His spiritual master, Īśvara Purī. The narration is as follows.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

mahā-prasādafor the remnants of food
kṣīrasweet rice
lobhein eagerness
rahilāremained
prabhuthe Lord
tathāthere
pūrvebefore that
īśvara-purīĪśvara Purī, His spiritual master

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How attentively do I receive devotional narrations from my spiritual teacher?

Practice

Recall one devotional teaching you have heard, and spend a minute reflecting on it.

Live this todayEagerness for the Lord’s Offered FoodThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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