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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 1.193Antya 1.195

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.194

প্রেম-পরিপাটী এই অদ্ভুত বর্ণন ।

শুনি’ চিত্ত-কর্ণের হয় আনন্দ-ঘূর্ণন ॥ ১৯৪ ॥

prema-paripāṭī ei adbhuta varṇana

śuni’ citta-karṇera haya ānanda-ghūrṇana

Translation

“The wonderful descriptions of Rūpa Gosvāmī are superb arrangements to express loving affairs. Hearing them will plunge the heart and ears of everyone into a whirlpool of transcendental bliss.

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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.

Hearing Descriptions That Bring Transcendental Bliss

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya praises Rūpa Gosvāmī’s descriptions as wonderful.

  2. 2

    Their superb arrangement expresses the loving affairs described in the plays.

  3. 3

    He declares that hearing them will plunge everyone’s heart and ears into a whirlpool of transcendental bliss.

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 the period of Cāturmāsya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, remained at Jagannātha Purī for some time.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prema-paripāṭīa first-class arrangement to express loving affairs
  2. eithis
  3. adbhuta varṇanawonderful description
  4. śuni’hearing
  5. citta-karṇeraof the heart and the ear
  6. hayathere is
  7. ānanda-ghūrṇanaa whirlpool of transcendental bliss
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you give both your ears and your heart more attention while hearing these descriptions?

Practice

Read one passage aloud slowly and listen attentively to its description of loving affairs.

Live this todayHearing Descriptions That Bring Transcendental BlissThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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