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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 1.94 Antya 1.96

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.95

সম্ভ্রমে দুঁহে উঠি’ দণ্ডবৎ হৈলা ।

দুঁহে আলিঙ্গিয়া প্রভু আসনে বসিলা ॥ ৯৫ ॥

sambhrame duṅhe uṭhi’ daṇḍavat hailā

duṅhe āliṅgiyā prabhu āsane vasilā

Translation

As soon as Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī saw the Lord coming, they both stood up and then fell down to offer Him their respectful obeisances. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced them both and then sat down.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Reverence Met With the Lord’s Embrace

1
Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī stood up as soon as they saw the Lord coming.
2
They then fell down to offer Him their respectful obeisances.
3
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced them both and then sat down.

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

Antya 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

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. After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

sambhramewith great respect
duṅheHaridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī
uṭhi’standing up
daṇḍavat hailāfell down to offer obeisances
duṅhethe two of them
āliṅgiyāembracing
prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
āsane vasilāsat down on a seat

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “embraced”
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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this meeting show both reverence for the Lord and His affection?

Practice

Offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today, remembering this affectionate meeting.

Live this todayReverence Met With the Lord’s EmbraceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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