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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord
Antya 1.111Antya 1.113

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.112

‘পূর্বশ্লোক পড়, রূপ’ প্রভু আজ্ঞা কৈলা ।

লজ্জাতে না পড়ে রূপ মৌন ধরিলা ॥ ১১২ ॥

‘pūrva-śloka paḍa, rūpa,’ prabhu ājñā kailā

lajjāte nā paḍe rūpa mauna dharilā

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Rūpa Gosvāmī to read the verse they had previously heard, Rūpa Gosvāmī, because of great shyness, did not read it but instead remained silent.

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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.

Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Great Shyness

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Rūpa Gosvāmī to read the verse they had previously heard.

  2. 2

    Rūpa Gosvāmī felt great shyness about reading it.

  3. 3

    Because of that shyness, he remained silent rather than reciting the verse.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pūrva-ślokathe previous verse
  2. paḍajust read
  3. rūpaMy dear Rūpa
  4. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. ājñā kailāordered
  6. lajjātein great shyness
  7. nā paḍedid not read
  8. rūpaRūpa Gosvāmī
  9. mauna dharilāremained silent
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might this account help you understand someone who is too shy to speak?

Practice

Give a shy person time to respond today without judging their silence.

Live this todayRūpa Gosvāmī’s Great ShynessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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