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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 12.39

বৈষ্ণবের সমাচার গোসাঞি পুছিলা ।

একে একে সবার নাম শ্রীকান্ত জানাইলা ॥ ৩৯ ॥

vaiṣṇavera samācāra gosāñi puchilā

eke eke sabāra nāma śrīkānta jānāilā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inquired from Śrīkānta about all the Vaiṣṇavas, and the boy informed the Lord about them, naming them one after another.

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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 Inquires About the Vaiṣṇavas

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Śrīkānta about all the Vaiṣṇavas.

  2. 2

    Śrīkānta responded by informing the Lord about them.

  3. 3

    He named them one after another, giving attention to each individually.

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. vaiṣṇaveraof all the Vaiṣṇavas
  2. samācāranews
  3. gosāñiŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. puchilāinquired
  5. eke ekeone after another
  6. sabāraof all of them
  7. nāmanames
  8. śrīkāntathe nephew of Śivānanda Sena
  9. jānāilāinformed
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I show more personal interest in the devotees I know?

Practice

Ask one devotee you know how they are doing, and listen attentively.

Live this todayThe Lord Inquires About the VaiṣṇavasThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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