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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 Ādi 16.17

তাঁহা আমা–সঙ্গে তোমার হবে দরশন ।

আজ্ঞা পাঞা মিশ্র কৈল কাশীতে গমন ॥ ১৭ ॥

tāhāṅ āmā-saṅge tomāra habe daraśana

ājñā pāñā miśra kaila kāśīte gamana

Translation

The Lord assured Tapana Miśra that they would meet again in Vārāṇasī. Receiving this order, Tapana Miśra went there.

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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.

Trusting the Lord’s Assurance

  1. 1

    The Lord assured Tapana Miśra that they would meet again.

  2. 2

    Their meeting would take place in Vārāṇasī.

  3. 3

    Tapana Miśra received the Lord’s order and went there.

How it feels

Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.

The mood of Ādi 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth

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

He went to East Bengal to secure financial assistance, cultivate knowledge and introduce the saṅkīrtana movement, and there He met Tapana Miśra, whom He instructed about spiritual advancement and ordered to go to Vārāṇasī. While Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was touring East Bengal, His wife, Lakṣmīdevī, was bitten by a serpent or by the serpent of separation, and thus she left this world.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tāhāṅthere
  2. āmā-saṅgewith Me
  3. tomārayour
  4. habethere will be
  5. daraśanameeting
  6. ājñā pāñāreceiving this order
  7. miśraTapana Miśra
  8. kailadid
  9. kāśīteto Benares
  10. gamanagoing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about Tapana Miśra’s response to the Lord’s assurance?

Practice

Read the Lord’s assurance again and spend a moment reflecting on Tapana Miśra’s willingness to follow.

Live this todayTrusting the Lord’s AssuranceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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