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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 6.249

উত্তম উত্তম প্রসাদ বহুত আনিলা ।

নিজবিপ্ৰ-হাতে দুই জনা সঙ্গে দিলা ॥ ২৪৯ ॥

uttama uttama prasāda bahuta ānilā

nija-vipra-hāte dui janā saṅge dilā

Translation

The Bhaṭṭācārya brought large quantities of excellent food remnants blessed by Lord Jagannātha. All this prasādam was given to his own brāhmaṇa servant, along with Jagadānanda and Dāmodara.

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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.

Sharing Lord Jagannātha’s Blessed Food Remnants

  1. 1

    The Bhaṭṭācārya brought large quantities of excellent food remnants blessed by Lord Jagannātha.

  2. 2

    These blessed food remnants are called prasādam.

  3. 3

    All this prasādam was given to his own brāhmaṇa servant, along with Jagadānanda and Dāmodara.

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:

One morning after this incident, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received some prasādam from Jagannātha and offered it to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. Without caring for formality, the Bhaṭṭācārya immediately partook of the mahā-prasādam.
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. uttama uttamavery first-class
  2. prasādaremnants of food offered to Jagannātha
  3. bahutain great quantity
  4. ānilābrought
  5. nija-vipraof his own brāhmaṇa servant
  6. hātein the hand
  7. duitwo
  8. janāpersons
  9. saṅgewith him
  10. dilāgave
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “blessed”

  • 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: “servant”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I share prasādam with care?

Practice

If prasādam is available today, share a portion with someone.

Live this todaySharing Lord Jagannātha’s Blessed Food RemnantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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