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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 12: The Loving Dealings Between Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Jagadānanda Paṇḍita
Antya 12.37Antya 12.39

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.38

প্রভু কহে, — “শ্রীকান্ত আসিয়াছে পাঞা মনোদুঃখ ।

কিছু না বলিহ, করুক, যাতে ইহার সুখ ।।” ৩৮ ।। ॥ ৩৮ ॥

prabhu kahe, — “śrīkānta āsiyāche pāñā mano-duḥkha

kichu nā baliha, karuka, yāte ihāra sukha”

Translation

As Govinda was warning Śrīkānta, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Don’t bother him. Let Śrīkānta do whatever he likes, for he has come here in a distressed state of mind.”

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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 Recognizes Śrīkānta’s Distress

  1. 1

    Govinda was warning Śrīkānta about his garments.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Govinda not to bother him and to let him do as he liked.

  3. 3

    The Lord explained that Śrīkānta had arrived in a distressed state of mind.

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:

Śivānanda Sena felt highly favored to have been kicked by Nityānanda Prabhu, but his nephew Śrīkānta Sena became upset and therefore left their company. He met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī before the rest of the party arrived.
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. prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
  2. śrīkāntaŚrīkānta
  3. āsiyāchehas come
  4. pāñāgetting
  5. manaḥ-duḥkhadistress in the mind
  6. kichuanything
  7. nā balihado not say
  8. karukalet him do
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I be more attentive to someone’s distress before correcting them?

Practice

Before offering a correction today, pause to consider whether the person needs gentleness first.

Live this todayThe Lord Recognizes Śrīkānta’s DistressThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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