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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 6.43

সার্বভৌম পরিবেশন করেন আপনে ।

প্রভু কহে, — মোরে দেহ লাফ্‌রা-ব্যঞ্জনে ॥ ৪৩ ॥

sārvabhauma pariveśana karena āpane

prabhu kahe, — more deha lāphrā-vyañjane

Translation

While Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya personally distributed the prasādam, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested him, “Please give Me only boiled vegetables.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Requesting a Simple Vegetable Preparation

  1. 1

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya personally distributed the prasādam, and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested only boiled vegetables.

  2. 2

    Lāphrā-vyañjana is a preparation in which many vegetables are boiled together.

  3. 3

    A cheṅkā is then added, consisting of spices like cumin, black pepper and mustard seed.

Key points from the purport
  • Lāphrā-vyañjana is a preparation in which many vegetables are boiled together, and then a cheṅkā is added, consisting of spices like cumin, black pepper and mustard seed.

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:

Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya received everyone and distributed mahā-prasādam with great care. The Bhaṭṭācārya then became acquainted with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and arranged accommodations at his aunt’s house.
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. sārvabhaumaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  2. pariveśanadistribution
  3. karenadoes
  4. āpanepersonally
  5. prabhu kaheLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
  6. moreunto Me
  7. dehaplease give
  8. lāphrā-vyañjaneboiled vegetables
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Audārya · Love that moves outward

    The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “distributed”

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “together”

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

Can I be content with a simple vegetable preparation?

Practice

Help prepare a simple dish of vegetables boiled together today.

Live this todayRequesting a Simple Vegetable PreparationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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