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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 13: Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī

Antya 13.135 Antya 13.138

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 13.136-137

জগদানন্দের কহিলুঁ বৃন্দাবনগমন ।

তার মধ্যে দেবদাসীর গান-শ্রবণ ॥ ১৩৬ ॥

jagadānandera kahiluṅ vṛndāvana-gamana

tāra madhye deva-dāsīra gāna-śravaṇa

Translation

In this chapter I have spoken about three topics: Jagadānanda Paṇḍita’s visit to Vṛndāvana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s listening to the song of the deva-dāsī at the temple of Jagannātha, and how Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī achieved ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa by the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Review the Chapter’s Three Topics

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The first topic is Jagadānanda Paṇḍita’s visit to Vṛndāvana.
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The second is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s listening to the song of the deva-dāsī at the temple of Jagannātha.
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The third is Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī’s attainment of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy.

How it feels

Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.

The mood of Antya 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 13: Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Once, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic upon hearing the songs of a deva-dāsī. Unaware of who was singing, He ran toward her through thorny bushes, but when Govinda informed the Lord that it was a woman singing, He immediately stopped.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

jagadānanderaof Jagadānanda Paṇḍita
kahiluṅI have described
vṛndāvana-gamanagoing to Vṛndāvana
tāra madhyewithin that
deva-dāsīraof the female singer in the temple of Jagannātha
gāna-śravaṇahearing of the song
mahāprabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
raghunātheunto Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”, “ecstatic love”
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: “mercy”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about the mercy shown to Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī?

Practice

Write down the chapter’s three topics, noting how the third explicitly connects love of Kṛṣṇa with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy.

Live this todayReview the Chapter’s Three TopicsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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