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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 1.12

পূর্বলিখিত গ্রন্থসূত্র-অনুসারে ।

যেই নাহি লিখি, তাহা লিখিয়ে বিস্তারে ॥ ১২ ॥

pūrva-likhita grantha-sūtra-anusāre

yei nāhi likhi, tāhā likhiye vistāre

Translation

In accordance with the synopsis previously written, I shall describe in detail whatever I have not mentioned.

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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.

Develop the Synopsis With Care

  1. 1

    The author will follow the synopsis he has previously written.

  2. 2

    He now intends to describe in detail what he has not yet mentioned.

  3. 3

    The earlier brief account and the coming detailed account belong together: the synopsis guides what follows.

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:

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī from Vṛndāvana, all His devotees from other parts of India, upon receiving the auspicious news, came to Puruṣottama-kṣetra, or Jagannātha Purī. Śivānanda Sena took a dog with him and even paid fees for it to cross the river.
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. pūrva-likhitapreviously mentioned
  2. grantha-sūtrathe synopsis of the pastimes
  3. anusāreaccording to
  4. yeiwhatever
  5. nāhi likhiI have not mentioned
  6. tāhāthat
  7. likhiyeI shall write
  8. vistāreelaborately
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “together”

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

What detail would I like to understand more fully as I continue reading?

Practice

Write down one point from this batch that you want to follow as the account unfolds.

Live this todayDevelop the Synopsis With CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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