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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 1.181Antya 1.183

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.182

রায় কহে, — “লোকের সুখ ইহার শ্রবণে ।

অভীষ্ট-দেবের স্মৃতি মঙ্গলাচরণে ।।” ১৮২ ।। ॥ ১৮২ ॥

rāya kahe, — “lokera sukha ihāra śravaṇe

abhīṣṭa-devera smṛti maṅgalācaraṇe”

Translation

Rāmānanda Rāya said, “Instead of joking, people in general will feel great pleasure in hearing such poetry, for the initial remembrance of the worshipable Deity invokes good fortune.”

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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.

Remembrance Invokes Good Fortune

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya says that people will feel great pleasure rather than joke about the poetry.

  2. 2

    He explains that initial remembrance of the worshipable Deity invokes good fortune.

  3. 3

    His reply presents the opening remembrance as a source of pleasure and auspiciousness.

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:

After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much. After the period of Cāturmāsya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rāya kaheRāmānanda Rāya says
  2. lokeraof the people in general
  3. sukhahappiness
  4. ihāra śravaṇein hearing such poetic expressions
  5. abhīṣṭa-deveraof the worshipable Deity
  6. smṛtiremembrance
  7. maṅgala-ācaraṇein the performance of auspiciousness in the beginning
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembrance of the worshipable Deity shape the way I begin my reading?

Practice

Before your next study session today, pause briefly to remember the worshipable Deity.

Live this todayRemembrance Invokes Good FortuneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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