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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 12.22

শিবানন্দের পত্নী তাঁরে কহেন কান্দিয়া ।

‘পুত্রে শাপ দিছেন গোসাঞি বাসা না পাঞা’ ॥ ২২ ॥

śivānandera patnī tāṅre kahena kāndiyā

‘putre śāpa dichena gosāñi vāsā nā pāñā’

Translation

Crying, his wife informed him, “Lord Nityānanda has cursed our sons to die because His quarters have not been provided.”

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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.

Śivānanda’s Wife Reports Her Distress

  1. 1

    Still crying, Śivānanda Sena’s wife told him what had happened.

  2. 2

    She reported that Lord Nityānanda had cursed their sons to die.

  3. 3

    She explained that His quarters had not been provided.

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:

As usual, the leader was Śivānanda Sena, who traveled with his wife and children. Because arrangements were delayed en route and Lord Nityānanda did not have a suitable place to reside, He became somewhat disturbed.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śivānanderaof Śivānanda Sena
  2. patnīthe wife
  3. tāṅreunto him
  4. kahenasays
  5. kāndiyācrying
  6. putreon our sons
  7. śāpacurse
  8. dichenaawarded
  9. gosāñiNityānanda Prabhu
  10. vāsā nā pāñānot getting His residential quarters
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “crying”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When someone shares distressing news, can I listen carefully to what happened?

Practice

Let someone finish explaining a concern before you respond.

Live this todayŚivānanda’s Wife Reports Her DistressThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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