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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 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 6.250Madhya 6.252

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.251

প্ৰভু-স্থানে আইলা দুঁহে প্রসাদ-পত্রী লঞা ।

মুকুন্দ দত্ত পত্রী নিল তার হাতে পাঞা ॥ ২৫১ ॥

prabhu-sthāne āilā duṅhe prasāda-patrī lañā

mukunda datta patrī nila tāra hāte pāñā

Translation

Jagadānanda and Dāmodara then returned to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, bringing Him both the prasādam and the palm leaf on which the verses were composed. But Mukunda Datta took the palm leaf from the hands of Jagadānanda before he could deliver it to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Bringing Offerings to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

  1. 1

    Jagadānanda and Dāmodara returned to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with prasādam.

  2. 2

    They also brought a palm leaf on which verses had been composed.

  3. 3

    Before Jagadānanda could deliver the palm leaf, Mukunda Datta took it from his hands.

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:

The Bhaṭṭācārya then recited one hundred verses in praise of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and offered his obeisances. After this, Gopīnātha Ācārya and all the others, having seen the wonderful potencies of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, became very joyful.
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. prabhu-sthāneto the place where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was residing
  2. āilāwent back
  3. duṅheboth Jagadānanda and Dāmodara
  4. prasādathe remnants of food
  5. patrīthe leaf of a palm tree
  6. lañātaking
  7. mukunda dattaMukunda Datta
  8. patrīthe leaf of a palm tree
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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: “deliver”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What care can I bring to a small act of devotional service?

Practice

Today, give careful attention to one small task connected with prasādam.

Live this todayBringing Offerings to Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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