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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 12.65

এইমত নানা-লীলায় চাতুর্মাস্য গেল ।

গৌড়দেশে যাইতে তবে ভক্তে আজ্ঞা দিল ॥ ৬৫ ॥

ei-mata nānā-līlāya cāturmāsya gela

gauḍa-deśe yāite tabe bhakte ājñā dila

Translation

In this way the Lord spent the four months of the rainy season in various pastimes, and then He ordered the Bengali devotees to return to their homes.

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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.

Returning Home at the Lord’s Direction

  1. 1

    The Lord spent four months of the rainy season in various pastimes.

  2. 2

    These months included activities with His devotees, festival observances, and their offerings of food.

  3. 3

    After this period, He ordered the Bengali devotees to return to their homes.

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:

The devotees often invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to eat with them. When the Lord bade them all farewell, He talked very pleasingly with them.
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. ei-matain this way
  2. nānā-līlāyain various pastimes
  3. cāturmāsya gelathe four months of the rainy season passed
  4. gauḍa-deśe yāiteto return to Bengal
  5. tabeat that time
  6. bhakteall the devotees
  7. ājñā dilaŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “festival”

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

How do you respond when a cherished time of devotional association comes to an end?

Practice

Reflect briefly on a recent time of devotional association, then attend carefully to one responsibility at home.

Live this todayReturning Home at the Lord’s DirectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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