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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 Antya 1.102

তবে মহাপ্রভু দুঁহে করি’ আলিঙ্গন ।

মধ্যাহ্ন করিতে সমুদ্রে করিলা গমন ॥ ১০২ ॥

tabe mahāprabhu duṅhe kari’ āliṅgana

madhyāhna karite samudre karilā gamana

Translation

Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced Haridāsa and Rūpa Gosvāmī and left for the seaside to perform His noontime duties.

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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.

An Embrace Before Noontime Duties

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced Haridāsa and Rūpa Gosvāmī.

  2. 2

    This affectionate exchange followed the joyful appreciation of the verse about the holy name.

  3. 3

    Mahāprabhu then left for the seaside to perform His noontime duties.

How it feels

Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.

The mood of Antya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord

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

One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava. After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethen
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. duṅheunto both Rūpa Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura
  4. kari’doing
  5. āliṅganaembracing
  6. madhya-ahna kariteto perform His noontime duties
  7. samudreto the seaside
  8. karilā gamanawent
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “haridāsa”, “holy name”

  • 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”

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

How can you make room for affection toward devotees amid your daily duties?

Practice

Offer a warm greeting to a devotee today before returning to your responsibilities.

Live this todayAn Embrace Before Noontime DutiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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