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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 9.347Madhya 9.349

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.348

মালা-প্রসাদ পাঞা প্রভু সুস্থির হইলা ।

জগন্নাথের সেবক সব আনন্দে মিলিলা ॥ ৩৪৮ ॥

mālā-prasāda pāñā prabhu susthira ha-ilā

jagannāthera sevaka saba ānande mililā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became patient after receiving the garland and prasādam of Lord Jagannātha. All the servants of Lord Jagannātha met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with great pleasure.

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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.

Receiving Prasādam and Meeting Joyful Servants

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received the garland and prasādam of Lord Jagannātha.

  2. 2

    After receiving them, He became patient.

  3. 3

    All the servants of Lord Jagannātha met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with great pleasure.

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:

Thus the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India. He finally returned to Jagannātha Purī by taking the same route, after visiting Vidyānagara again.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mālā-prasādathe garland and prasādam
  2. pāñāgetting
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. su-sthira ha-ilābecame patient
  5. jagannātheraof Lord Jagannātha
  6. sevakaservants
  7. sabaall
  8. ānande mililāmet Him in great pleasure
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “servants”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about the servants’ pleasure in meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Take a quiet moment to remember Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu receiving Lord Jagannātha’s garland and prasādam.

Live this todayReceiving Prasādam and Meeting Joyful ServantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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