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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 1.117 Antya 1.119

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.118

প্রভু কহে, — “কহ রূপ, নাটকের শ্লোক ।

যে শ্লোক শুনিলে লোকের যায় দুঃখ-শোক ।।” ১১৮ ।। ॥ ১১৮ ॥

prabhu kahe, — “kaha rūpa, nāṭakera śloka

ye śloka śunile lokera yāya duḥkha-śoka

Translation

Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “My dear Rūpa, please recite that verse from your drama which, upon being heard, makes all people’s unhappiness and lamentation go away.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hearing That Relieves Unhappiness

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu affectionately asked Rūpa to recite a verse from his drama.
2
The Lord described the verse as removing people’s unhappiness and lamentation when heard.
3
The requested verse, recited shortly afterward, describes the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s holy name.

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

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.

prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
kahaplease recite
rūpaMy dear Rūpa
nāṭakera ślokathe verse of your drama
yewhich
ślokaverse
śunilehearing
lokeraof all people
yāyago away
duḥkha-śokathe unhappiness and lamentation

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lamentation”
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: “holy name”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws you to hear words that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised so highly?

Practice

Today, read aloud Rūpa Gosvāmī’s description of the holy name included in this batch.

Live this todayHearing That Relieves UnhappinessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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