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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 13.73

সনাতনের নামে পণ্ডিত দণ্ডবৎ কৈলা ।

রাসস্থলীর ধূলি আদি সব ভেট দিলা ॥ ৭৩ ॥

sanātanera nāme paṇḍita daṇḍavat kailā

rāsa-sthalīra dhūli ādi saba bheṭa dilā

Translation

Jagadānanda Paṇḍita offered obeisances to the Lord on behalf of Sanātana Gosvāmī. Then he gave the Lord the dust from the site of the rāsa dance, along with the other gifts.

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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.

Offering respects and gifts on another’s behalf

  1. 1

    Jagadānanda Paṇḍita offered obeisances to the Lord on behalf of Sanātana Gosvāmī.

  2. 2

    He gave the Lord dust from the site of the rāsa dance.

  3. 3

    He also delivered the other gifts, which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received.

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

Further reading

Antya 13: Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī

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

When Jagadānanda returned to Jagannātha Purī, he presented Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with some gifts from Sanātana Gosvāmī, and the incident of the pīlu fruit took place. Once, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic upon hearing the songs of a deva-dāsī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sanātaneraof Sanātana Gosvāmī
  2. nāmein the name
  3. paṇḍitaJagadānanda Paṇḍita
  4. daṇḍavat kailāoffered obeisances
  5. rāsa-sthalīraof the arena of the rāsa dance
  6. dhūlidust
  7. ādiand other things
  8. sabaall
  9. bheṭagifts
  10. dilāpresented
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rāsa”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “offered”

  • 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: “delivered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I thoughtfully convey someone else’s respects or offering?

Practice

Help convey one person’s respectful greeting to another today.

Live this todayOffering respects and gifts on another’s behalfThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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