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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 12.7

এথা গৌড়দেশে প্রভুর যত ভক্তগণ ।

প্রভু দেখিবারে সবে করিলা গমন ॥ ৭ ॥

ethā gauḍa-deśe prabhura yata bhakta-gaṇa

prabhu dekhibāre sabe karilā gamana

Translation

Meanwhile, all the devotees journeyed from their homes in Bengal to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Journeying to See Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

  1. 1

    Meanwhile, all the devotees set out from their homes in Bengal.

  2. 2

    Their purpose in traveling was to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    The next verse describes their assembly in Navadvīpa under the leadership of Śivānanda Sena, Advaita Ācārya and others.

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 from Bengal again journeyed to Jagannātha Purī to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. As usual, the leader was Śivānanda Sena, who traveled with his wife and children.
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. ethāon the other hand
  2. gauḍa-deśein Bengal
  3. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. yataall
  5. bhakta-gaṇadevotees
  6. prabhu dekhibāreto see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. sabeall
  8. karilā gamanawent
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the devotees’ willingness to leave home reveal about their desire to see Him?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today to read about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, remembering the devotees’ eagerness to see Him.

Live this todayJourneying to See Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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