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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 12.99

চৈতন্যের মর্মকথা শুনে তাঁর মুখে ।

আপনা পাসরে সবে চৈতন্য-কথা-সুখে ॥ ৯৯ ॥

caitanyera marma-kathā śune tāṅra mukhe

āpanā pāsare sabe caitanya-kathā-sukhe

Translation

They heard confidential narrations about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu from the mouth of Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and forgot themselves in the great happiness of hearing about the Lord.

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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.

Happiness in Hearing About the Lord

  1. 1

    Vāsudeva Datta and Murāri Gupta heard confidential narrations about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    They heard these accounts directly from Jagadānanda Paṇḍita.

  3. 3

    Hearing about the Lord brought them such great happiness that they forgot themselves.

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 year before, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had been sent to Śacīmātā with prasādam and cloth. This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head.
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. caitanyeraof Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. marma-kathāconfidential talks
  3. śunethey hear
  4. tāṅra mukhethrough his mouth
  5. āpanā pāsareforget themselves
  6. sabeall of them
  7. caitanya-kathā-sukhein the happiness of talks of Lord Caitanya
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What helps you give your full attention to hearing about the Lord?

Practice

Spend a few quiet minutes reading these narrations about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu without distractions.

Live this todayHappiness in Hearing About the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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