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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 1.130Antya 1.132

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.131

তবে রূপ-গোসাঞি যদি শ্লোক পড়িল ।

শুনি’ প্রভু কহে, — ‘এই অতি স্তুতি হৈল’ ॥ ১৩১ ॥

tabe rūpa-gosāñi yadi śloka paḍila

śuni’ prabhu kahe, — ‘ei ati stuti haila’

Translation

When Rūpa Gosvāmī thus recited his verse, Caitanya Mahāprabhu disapproved of it because it described His personal glories. He expressed the opinion that it was an exaggerated explanation.

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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.

Mahāprabhu Disapproves of Praise of Himself

  1. 1

    Rūpa Gosvāmī recited a verse describing Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s personal glories.

  2. 2

    Caitanya Mahāprabhu disapproved of the verse because it praised Him.

  3. 3

    He expressed the opinion that its explanation was exaggerated, although the devotees greatly appreciated it.

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. tabeat that time
  2. rūpa-gosāñiRūpa Gosvāmī
  3. yadiwhen
  4. śloka paḍilarecited the verse
  5. śuni’hearing this
  6. prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says
  7. eithis
  8. ati stutiexaggerated offering of prayers
  9. hailawas
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s response to praise of Himself?

Practice

Read the translation again and reflect briefly on Mahāprabhu’s reluctance to accept personal praise.

Live this todayMahāprabhu Disapproves of Praise of HimselfThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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