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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 1.105

দুই শ্লোক কহি’ প্রভুর হৈল মহাসুখ ।

নিজ-ভক্তের গুণ কহে হঞা পঞ্চমুখ ॥ ১০৫ ॥

dui śloka kahi’ prabhura haila mahā-sukha

nija-bhaktera guṇa kahe hañā pañca-mukha

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited the two important verses, He felt great pleasure; thus, as if He had five mouths, He began to praise His devotee.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Delights in His Devotee’s Verses

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited two important verses and felt great pleasure.

  2. 2

    The purport identifies these verses by their opening words, priyaḥ so’yam and tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī.

  3. 3

    The Lord began praising His devotee so abundantly that He seemed to have five mouths.

Key points from the purport
  • The two verses referred to are those beginning with priyaḥ so’yam (79) and tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī (99).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much. 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.
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. dui śloka kahi’reciting two verses
  2. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. hailathere was
  4. mahā-sukhagreat pleasure
  5. nija-bhakteraof His own devotee
  6. guṇathe qualities
  7. kahedescribes
  8. hañāas if becoming
  9. pañca-mukhafive-mouthed
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the Lord’s abundant praise show you about His appreciation of His devotee?

Practice

Reread the verse on Kṛṣṇa’s holy name and express one specific appreciation of Rūpa Gosvāmī’s words.

Live this todayThe Lord Delights in His Devotee’s VersesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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