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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
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.76

সবে একা স্বরূপ গোসাঞি শ্লোকের অর্থ জানে ।

শ্লোকানুরূপ পদ প্রভুকে করান আস্বাদনে ॥ ৭৬ ॥

sabe ekā svarūpa gosāñi ślokera artha jāne

ślokānurūpa pada prabhuke karāna āsvādane

Translation

Only Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī knew the purpose for which the Lord recited that verse. According to the Lord’s attitude, he used to quote other verses to enable the Lord to relish mellows.

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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.

Serving in Harmony With the Lord’s Mood

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī knew why the Lord recited that particular verse.

  2. 2

    He quoted other verses according to the Lord’s attitude.

  3. 3

    His recitations enabled the Lord to relish mellows, or devotional tastes.

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:

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much. 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.
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. sabeonly
  2. ekāone
  3. svarūpa gosāñiSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
  4. ślokera arthathe meaning of that verse
  5. jāneknows
  6. śloka-anurūpa padaother verses following that particular verse
  7. prabhukeŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. karānacauses
  9. āsvādanetasting
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

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 did Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī’s understanding guide his service?

Practice

Write one sentence explaining how his choice of verses responded to the Lord’s mood.

Live this todayServing in Harmony With the Lord’s MoodThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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