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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.60
ইষ্টগোষ্ঠী দুঁহা সনে করি’ কতক্ষণ ।
মধ্যাহ্ন করিতে প্রভু করিলা গমন ॥ ৬০ ॥
iṣṭa-goṣṭhī duṅhā sane kari’ kata-kṣaṇa
madhyāhna karite prabhu karilā gamana
He would talk for some time with them both and then leave to perform His noontime duties.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spent some time talking with Rūpa Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
His visits included personal conversation, as well as the delivery of prasādam described just before.
After speaking with them, He left to perform His noontime duties.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
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. After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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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: “conversation”
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: “delivery”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I make time for personal conversation while attending to my daily duties?
Give someone a few minutes of attentive conversation today before returning to your duties.
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