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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 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.297Madhya 9.299

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.298

রন্ধনে নিপুণা তাঁ-সম নাহি ত্রিভুবনে ।

পুত্রসম স্নেহ করেন সন্ন্যাসি-ভোজনে ॥ ২৯৮ ॥

randhane nipuṇā tāṅ-sama nāhi tribhuvane

putra-sama sneha karena sannyāsi-bhojane

Translation

He also remembered how Śrī Jagannātha Miśra’s wife, Śacīmātā, was expert in cooking. He recalled that she was very affectionate toward the sannyāsīs and fed them exactly like her own sons.

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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.

Feeding Others With Motherly Care

  1. 1

    Śrī Raṅga Purī remembered Śacīmātā, the wife of Śrī Jagannātha Miśra, as expert in cooking.

  2. 2

    She was very affectionate toward the sannyāsīs.

  3. 3

    She fed them exactly like her own sons.

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:

The Lord then visited the Tāpī River, Māhiṣmatī-pura, the Narmadā River and Ṛṣyamūka-parvata. He entered Daṇḍakāraṇya and liberated seven palm trees.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. randhanein cooking
  2. nipuṇāvery expert
  3. tāṅ-samalike her
  4. nāhithere is none
  5. tri-bhuvanein the three worlds
  6. putra-samalike to her own sons
  7. sneha karenashe was affectionate
  8. sannyāsi-bhojanein feeding the sannyāsīs.
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might the way you serve food express affection?

Practice

Serve someone a meal or a small portion of food with attentive care.

Live this todayFeeding Others With Motherly CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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