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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 1.141

ক্রমে শ্রীরূপ-গোসাঞি সকলি কহিল ।

শুনি’ প্রভুর ভক্তগণের চমৎকার হৈল ॥ ১৪১ ॥

krame śrī-rūpa-gosāñi sakali kahila

śuni’ prabhura bhakta-gaṇera camatkāra haila

Translation

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī gradually informed Rāmānanda Rāya about everything he asked. Hearing his explanations, all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were struck with wonder.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Careful Explanation Awakens Wonder

  1. 1

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī gradually explains everything Rāmānanda Rāya asks about.

  2. 2

    Hearing his explanations, all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are struck with wonder.

  3. 3

    The purport notes that Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī explains kāma-likhana in his book Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has explained kāma-likhana in his book Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (Vipralambha-prakaraṇa 26):

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:

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. After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much.
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. kramegradually
  2. śrī-rūpa-gosāñiŚrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
  3. sakali kahilaexplained everything
  4. śuni’hearing
  5. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. bhakta-gaṇeraof the devotees
  7. camatkāraastonishment
  8. hailathere was
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to hear an explanation gradually rather than rush to a conclusion?

Practice

Read this verse slowly and note the devotees’ response to hearing.

Live this todayCareful Explanation Awakens WonderThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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