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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 1.81
হেনকালে প্রভু আইলা তাঁহারে মিলিতে ।
চালে শ্লোক দেখি প্রভু লাগিলা পড়িতে ॥ ৮১ ॥
hena-kāle prabhu āilā tāṅhāre milite
cāle śloka dekhi prabhu lāgilā paḍite
At that time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went there to meet him, and when He saw the leaf pushed into the roof and saw the verse, He began to read it.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went there to meet Rūpa Gosvāmī.
He noticed the palm leaf pushed into the thatched roof and saw the verse written on it.
He began to read the verse that Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed after understanding His intention.
Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
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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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing why Rūpa Gosvāmī composed the verse deepen my attention to this moment?
Reread Rūpa Gosvāmī’s verse slowly, remembering that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu found and read it.
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