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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 7.49

ইতিমধ্যে চন্দ্রশেখর, মিশ্র–তপন ।

দুঃখী হঞা প্রভু–পায় কৈল নিবেদন ॥ ৪৯ ॥

itimadhye candraśekhara, miśra-tapana

duḥkhī hañā prabhu-pāya kaila nivedana

Translation

While Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was instructing Sanātana Gosvāmī, both Candraśekhara and Tapana Miśra became very unhappy. Therefore they submitted an appeal unto the lotus feet of the Lord.

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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.

Bring Distress Before the Lord

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was instructing Sanātana Gosvāmī.

  2. 2

    During this time, Candraśekhara and Tapana Miśra became very unhappy.

  3. 3

    They brought their unhappiness before the Lord by submitting an appeal at His lotus feet.

How it feels

Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.

The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Back to this verse in Ādi 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. iti-madhyein the meantime
  2. candraśekharathe clerk of the name Candraśekhara
  3. miśra-tapanaas well as Tapana Miśra
  4. duḥkhī hañābecoming very unhappy
  5. prabhu-pāyaat the lotus feet of the Lord
  6. kailamade
  7. nivedanaan appeal
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When I am distressed, how can I turn toward the Lord with a sincere appeal?

Practice

Take a quiet moment today to express one concern to the Lord in prayer.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayBring Distress Before the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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