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

Antya 12.100 Antya 12.102

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.101

চৈতন্যের প্রেমপাত্র জগদানন্দ ধন্য ।

যারে মিলে সেই মানে, — ‘পাইলুঁ চৈতন্য’ ॥ ১০১ ॥

caitanyera prema-pātra jagadānanda dhanya

yāre mile sei māne, — ‘pāiluṅ caitanya’

Translation

All glories to Jagadānanda Paṇḍita! He is so favored by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that anyone who meets him thinks, “Now I have gotten the association of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu directly.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Favor in His Devotee

1
The verse offers all glories to Jagadānanda Paṇḍita.
2
He is greatly favored by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
3
Anyone who meets him feels, “Now I have gotten the association of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu directly.”

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

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

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

The year before, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had been sent to Śacīmātā with prasādam and cloth. This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

caitanyeraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
prema-pātrarecipient of affection
jagadānandaJagadānanda Paṇḍita
dhanyaglorious
yāre milewhomever he meets
sei mānehe understands
pāiluṅ caitanyaI have gotten Lord Caitanya

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: “favored”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse help you appreciate about Jagadānanda Paṇḍita’s association?

Practice

Reread the verse slowly and name one reason it gives for honoring Jagadānanda Paṇḍita.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Favor in His DevoteeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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