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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 12.100

জগদানন্দ মিলিতে যায় যেই ভক্ত-ঘরে ।

সেই সেই ভক্ত সুখে আপনা পাসরে ॥ ১০০ ॥

jagadānanda milite yāya yei bhakta-ghare

sei sei bhakta sukhe āpanā pāsare

Translation

Whenever Jagadānanda Paṇḍita went to visit a devotee’s house, that devotee immediately forgot himself in great happiness.

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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.

A Devotee’s Visit Brings Great Happiness

  1. 1

    Jagadānanda Paṇḍita visited devotees in their homes.

  2. 2

    Whenever he visited, the devotee immediately experienced great happiness.

  3. 3

    That happiness was so absorbing that the devotee forgot himself.

How it feels

Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.

The mood of Antya 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 12: The Loving Dealings Between Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Jagadānanda Paṇḍita

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

That year a devotee named Parameśvara dāsa Modaka also went with his family to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. The devotees often invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to eat with them.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jagadānandaJagadānanda Paṇḍita
  2. militeto meet
  3. yāyagoes
  4. yeiwhich
  5. bhakta-ghareto a devotee’s house
  6. sei seithat
  7. bhaktadevotee
  8. sukhein happiness
  9. āpanā pāsareforgets himself
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do these joyful welcomes shape your appreciation of devotional company?

Practice

Make time today to speak with a devotee and give that meeting your full attention.

Live this todayA Devotee’s Visit Brings Great HappinessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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