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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.226

ন দেশনিয়মস্তত্র ন কালনিয়মস্তথা ।

প্রাপ্তমন্নং দ্রুতং শিষ্টৈর্ভোক্তব্যং হরিরব্রবীৎ ॥ ২২৬ ॥

na deśa-niyamas tatra

na kāla-niyamas tathā

prāptam annaṁ drutaṁ śiṣṭair

bhoktavyaṁ harir abravīt

Translation

“ ‘The prasādam of Lord Kṛṣṇa is to be eaten by gentlemen as soon as it is received; there should be no hesitation. There are no regulative principles concerning time and place. This is the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.’”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honor Prasādam Without Hesitation

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa’s prasādam is to be eaten as soon as it is received, without hesitation.

  2. 2

    There are no regulative principles concerning time and place for this. This is the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    The purport identifies these verses as quotations from the Padma Purāṇa.

Key points from the purport
  • These verses are quoted from the Padma Purāṇa.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.

The mood of Madhya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Sārvabhauma not to change the reading of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, because mukti-pada indicated the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa. Having become a pure devotee, the Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Because the meaning is hazy, I still prefer bhakti-pada. ” At this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the other inhabitants of Jagannātha Purī became very pleased.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nanot
  2. deśaof the country
  3. niyamaḥregulation
  4. tatrain that
  5. nanot
  6. kālaof time
  7. niyamaḥregulation
  8. tathāso also
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that this is the Lord’s order shape your response to prasādam?

Practice

If you receive Lord Kṛṣṇa’s prasādam today, honor it without delaying because of time or place.

Live this todayHonor Prasādam Without HesitationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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