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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 12.72

আমি এই নীলাচলে রহি যে বসিয়া ।

পরিশ্রম নাহি মোর তোমা সবার লাগিয়া ॥ ৭২ ॥

āmi ei nīlācale rahi ye vasiyā

pariśrama nāhi mora tomā sabāra lāgiyā

Translation

“There is no fatigue or trouble for Me, for I stay here at Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, and do not move at all. This is the favor of all of you.

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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 Credits His Devotees' Favor

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed at Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, without traveling.

  2. 2

    He said that He experienced none of the fatigue or trouble borne by the visiting devotees.

  3. 3

    He credited this ease to the favor of all of them.

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:

He met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī before the rest of the party arrived. That year a devotee named Parameśvara dāsa Modaka also went with his family to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī.
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. āmiI
  2. eithis
  3. nīlācaleat Jagannātha Purī
  4. rahiremain
  5. ye vasiyāsitting
  6. pariśrama nāhi moraI have no fatigue
  7. tomā sabāra lāgiyādue to all of you
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “favor”

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

Whose effort allows me to remain comfortable or avoid difficulty?

Practice

Acknowledge one person whose effort has spared you trouble today.

Live this todayThe Lord Credits His Devotees' FavorThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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