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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 1.68Antya 1.70

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.69

“পৃথক্ নাটক করিতে সত্যভামা আজ্ঞা দিল ।

জানিলু, পৃথক্ নাটক করিতে প্রভু-আজ্ঞা হৈল ॥ ৬৯ ॥

“pṛthak nāṭaka karite satyabhāmā ājñā dila

jānilu, pṛthak nāṭaka karite prabhu-ājñā haila

Translation

“Satyabhāmā ordered me to write two different dramas,” Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī thought. “Now I understand that this order has been confirmed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Recognizing Confirmation of an Earlier Order

  1. 1

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī recalled that Satyabhāmā had ordered him to write two different dramas.

  2. 2

    He understood that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had confirmed this order.

  3. 3

    His reflection connected the earlier order with the instruction he had just received.

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:

Meanwhile, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī reached Bengal, after returning from Vṛndāvana. Although he could not follow the Bengali devotees, after some time he also came to Jagannātha Purī, where he stayed with Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pṛthak nāṭakadifferent dramas
  2. kariteto write
  3. satyabhāmāSatyabhāmā
  4. ājñā dilaordered
  5. jānilunow I understand
  6. pṛthak nāṭakadifferent dramas
  7. kariteto write
  8. prabhu-ājñāthe order of the Lord
  9. hailathere was
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How did remembering Satyabhāmā’s order help Rūpa Gosvāmī understand the new instruction?

Practice

Write one sentence explaining what Rūpa Gosvāmī understood had been confirmed.

Live this todayRecognizing Confirmation of an Earlier OrderThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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