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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 1.44

ব্রজ-পুর-লীলা একত্র করিয়াছি ঘটনা ।

দুই ভাগ করি’ এবে করিমু রচনা ॥ ৪৪ ॥

vraja-pura-līlā ekatra kariyāchi ghaṭanā

dui bhāga kari’ ebe karimu racanā

Translation

“I have brought together in one work all the pastimes performed by Lord Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana and in Dvārakā. Now I shall have to divide them into two dramas.”

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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.

Revising the Work to Follow the Instruction

  1. 1

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī had brought Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in Vṛndāvana and Dvārakā together in one work.

  2. 2

    He now resolves to divide those pastimes into two dramas.

  3. 3

    In response to Satyabhāmā’s order, he is ready to change the arrangement of his work.

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 night, however, the dog could not get any food and therefore went directly to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. The next day, when Śivānanda and his party reached Jagannātha Purī, Śivānanda saw the dog eating some coconut pulp offered to it by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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. vraja-pura-līlāLord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in Vraja and Dvārakā
  2. ekatrain one place
  3. kariyāchiI have collected
  4. ghaṭanāall the events
  5. dui bhāga kari’dividing into two different parts
  6. ebenow
  7. karimu racanāI shall write
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “together”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How willing are you to revise your work when an instruction calls for a change?

Practice

Review one study or service task today and make a small adjustment needed to follow its instructions.

Live this todayRevising the Work to Follow the InstructionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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