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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 10.86

‘একপাশ হও, মোরে দেহ’ ভিতর যাইতে’ ।

প্রভু কহে, — ‘শক্তি নাহি অঙ্গ চালাইতে’ ॥ ৮৬ ॥

‘eka-pāśa hao, more deha’ bhitara yāite’

prabhu kahe, — ‘śakti nāhi aṅga cālāite’

Translation

Govinda said, “Kindly turn on one side. Let me pass to enter the room.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Gentle Request to Enter

  1. 1

    Govinda kindly asked the Lord to turn on one side so that he could enter the room.

  2. 2

    The Lord replied that He did not have the strength to move His body.

  3. 3

    Govinda’s request met a practical difficulty: the Lord could not move to let him pass.

Key points from the purport
  • However, the Lord replied, “I don’t have the strength to move My body.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

After kīrtana ended, He distributed prasādam to all the devotees and also took some Himself. Then He lay down at the door of the Gambhīrā to take rest.
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. eka-pāśa haokindly turn on one side
  2. moreme
  3. deha’allow
  4. bhitarawithin
  5. yāiteto go
  6. prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied
  7. śaktistrength
  8. nāhithere is not
  9. aṅga cālāiteto move My body
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do I respond when someone cannot do what I kindly ask?

Practice

Make one request gently today, and listen carefully to the other person’s response.

Live this todayA Gentle Request to EnterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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