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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 1.198 Antya 1.200

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.199

সবে কৃপা করি’ ইঁহারে দেহ’ এই বর ।

ব্রজলীলা-প্রেমরস যেন বর্ণে নিরন্তর ॥ ১৯৯ ॥

sabe kṛpā kari’ iṅhāre deha’ ei vara

vraja-līlā-prema-rasa yena varṇe nirantara

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested all His personal associates to bless Rūpa Gosvāmī so that he might continuously describe the pastimes of Vṛndāvana, which are full of emotional love of Godhead.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Blessings Support Continued Devotional Expression

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested all His personal associates to bless Rūpa Gosvāmī.
2
He sought their blessings so that Rūpa Gosvāmī might continuously describe the pastimes of Vṛndāvana.
3
These pastimes are full of emotional love of Godhead. Their continued description was the purpose of the requested blessings.

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

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

sabeall of you
kṛpā kari’showing your mercy
iṅhāreunto Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
deha’give
ei varathis benediction
vraja-līlā-prema-rasathe transcendental mellows of the pastimes of Vṛndāvana
yenaso that
varṇehe can describe
nirantarawithout cessation

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associates”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “bless”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you value the blessings of others in sustaining devotional service?

Practice

Ask a fellow devotee for blessings to continue your devotional study today.

Live this todayBlessings Support Continued Devotional ExpressionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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