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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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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth
Ādi 17.239Ādi 17.241

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.240

কহিতে, শুনিতে ঐছে প্রাতঃকাল হৈল ।

প্রভু শ্রীবাসেরে তোষি’ আলিঙ্গন কৈল ॥ ২৪০ ॥

kahite, śunite aiche prātaḥ-kāla haila

prabhu śrīvāsere toṣi’ āliṅgana kaila

Translation

As the Lord thus requested and Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura spoke, the morning appeared, and the Lord embraced Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and satisfied him.

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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.

The Lord Embraces Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura

  1. 1

    The Lord continued requesting Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura to speak.

  2. 2

    As Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura spoke, morning appeared.

  3. 3

    The Lord embraced Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and satisfied him.

How it feels

Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.

The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

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

Śrī Nityānanda occupies an ecstatic position of parental love in servitude and fraternal attraction. Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kahitespeaking
  2. śunitehearing
  3. aichein that way
  4. prātaḥ-kālamorning
  5. hailaappeared
  6. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. śrīvāsereunto Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura
  8. toṣi’satisfying
  9. āliṅganaembracing
  10. kailadid
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “embraced”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about the Lord’s response to Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the Lord’s embrace and the satisfaction it brought.

Live this todayThe Lord Embraces Śrīvāsa ṬhākuraThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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