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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 1.185

‘উদ্ঘাত্যক’ নাম এই ‘আমুখ’ — ‘বীথী’ অঙ্গ ।

তোমার আগে কহি — ইহা ধার্ষ্ট্যের তরঙ্গ উদ্ঘাত্যকঃ কথোদ্ঘাতঃ প্রয়োগাতিশয়স্তথা ।

প্রবর্তকাবলগিতে পঞ্চ প্রস্তাবনা-ভিদাঃ ।। ॥ ১৮৫ ॥

‘udghātyaka’ nāma ei ‘āmukha’ — ‘vīthī’ aṅga

tomāra āge kahi — ihā dhārṣṭyera taraṅga

Translation

“This introduction is technically called udghātyaka, and the whole scene is called vīthī. You are so expert in dramatic expression that each of my statements before you is like a wave from an ocean of impudence.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Technical Knowledge Expressed With Humility

  1. 1

    The introduction is technically called udghātyaka, described in the purport as a dancing appearance of the player.

  2. 2

    The scene is called vīthī. These terms identify features of the dramatic presentation.

  3. 3

    The speaker acknowledges the listener’s expertise in dramatic expression, comparing his own statements to waves from an ocean of impudence.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I share what I know while honoring someone else’s expertise?

Practice

Make a two-line study note recording the meanings given here for udghātyaka and vīthī.

Live this todayTechnical Knowledge Expressed With HumilityThis 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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