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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 6.8

শিষ্য পড়িছা-দ্বারা প্রভু নিল বহাঞা ।

ঘরে আনি’ পবিত্র স্থানে রাখিল শোয়াঞা ॥ ৮ ॥

śiṣya paḍichā-dvārā prabhu nila vahāñā

ghare āni’ pavitra sthāne rākhila śoyāñā

Translation

While Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was unconscious, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, with the help of the watchman and some disciples, carried Him to his home and laid Him down in a very sanctified room.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Giving the Lord Shelter and Care

  1. 1

    With help from the watchman and some disciples, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya carried the unconscious Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu home and laid Him in a very sanctified room.

  2. 2

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s home stood on the southern side of the Jagannātha Temple, practically on the beach.

  3. 3

    The home was known as Mārkaṇḍeya-sarastaṭa. The purport states that it is now used as the monastery of Gaṅgāmātā.

Key points from the purport
  • At that time, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya lived on the southern side of the Jagannātha Temple.
  • His home was practically on the beach and was known as Mārkaṇḍeya-sarastaṭa.
  • At present it is used as the monastery of Gaṅgāmātā.

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:

After hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s fainting and His being carried to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, people crowded there to see the Lord. Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees then visited the Jagannātha temple, and when they came back to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to external consciousness.
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. śiṣyadisciples
  2. paḍichāand watchman
  3. dvārāby means of
  4. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. nilabrought
  6. vahāñācarrying
  7. ghareat home
  8. āni’bringing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this shared effort to carry and shelter the Lord teach you about practical care?

Practice

Join someone in one small task today that makes another person’s resting place clean and comfortable.

Live this todayGiving the Lord Shelter and CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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