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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.67

উড়িয়া-পদ মহাপ্রভুর মনে স্মৃতি হৈল ।

স্বরূপেরে সেই পদ গাইতে আজ্ঞা দিল ॥ ৬৭ ॥

uḍiyā-pada mahāprabhura mane smṛti haila

svarūpere sei pada gāite ājñā dila

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remembered a line in the Orissan language and ordered Svarūpa Dāmodara to sing it.

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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.

The Lord Requests a Remembered Song

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remembered a line in the Orissan language.

  2. 2

    He ordered Svarūpa Dāmodara to sing it.

  3. 3

    The following verse gives the line: a prayer to fall at the feet of Jagannātha.

How it feels

Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.

The mood of Antya 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 10: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Accepts Prasādam from His Devotees

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also enjoyed the ceremony in the water with His devotees. As previously, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed the cleansing ceremony at Guṇḍicā and chanted the famous verse jagamohana-pari-muṇḍā yāu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. uḍiyā-padaa line of a song in the language of Orissa
  2. mahāprabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. manein the mind
  4. smṛti hailawas remembered
  5. svarūpereunto Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
  6. sei padathat special line
  7. gāiteto sing
  8. ājñā dilaordered
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing the remembered line help you reflect on the Lord’s request?

Practice

Read the prayer in the next verse aloud once, remembering that the Lord asked Svarūpa Dāmodara to sing it.

Live this todayThe Lord Requests a Remembered SongThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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