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  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 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.295Madhya 9.297

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.296

জগন্নাথমিশ্র-ঘরে ভিক্ষা যে করিল ।

অপূর্ব মোচার ঘণ্ট তাহাঁ যে খাইল ॥ ২৯৬ ॥

jagannātha-miśra-ghare bhikṣā ye karila

apūrva mocāra ghaṇṭa tāhāṅ ye khāila

Translation

As soon as Śrī Raṅga Purī recalled Navadvīpa, he also recalled accompanying Śrī Mādhavendra Purī to the house of Jagannātha Miśra, where Raṅga Purī had taken lunch. He even remembered the taste of an unprecedented curry made of banana flowers.

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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.

A Meal Remembered in Detail

  1. 1

    Remembering Navadvīpa brought another memory to Śrī Raṅga Purī.

  2. 2

    He recalled accompanying Śrī Mādhavendra Purī to Jagannātha Miśra’s house, where he had taken lunch.

  3. 3

    He even remembered the taste of an unprecedented curry made of banana flowers.

How it feels

Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.

The mood of Madhya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

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

At Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there. He then went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jagannātha-miśra-gharein the house of Śrī Jagannātha Miśra
  2. bhikṣālunch
  3. yethat
  4. karilatook
  5. apūrvaunprecedented
  6. mocāra ghaṇṭacurry made of plantain flowers
  7. tāhāṅthere
  8. yethat
  9. khāilaate
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What details of a meal offered to you have remained in your memory?

Practice

Recall one meal someone served you and one detail you still appreciate.

Live this todayA Meal Remembered in DetailThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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