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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 14.116

লজ্জিত হইলা প্রভু পুরীর বচনে ।

সমুদ্রঘাট আইলা সব বৈষ্ণব-সনে ॥ ১১৬ ॥

lajjita ha-ilā prabhu purīra vacane

samudra-ghāṭa āilā saba vaiṣṇava-sane

Translation

When He heard this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt somewhat ashamed. Then He went to bathe in the sea with all the Vaiṣṇavas.

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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.

Modesty in the Company of Vaiṣṇavas

  1. 1

    On hearing why the two gentlemen had come, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt somewhat ashamed.

  2. 2

    He then went to bathe in the sea.

  3. 3

    All the Vaiṣṇavas went with Him. The account moves from the affectionate exchange to their shared bathing.

How it feels

Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.

The mood of Antya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa

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

Once Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mistook a sand dune known as Caṭaka-parvata for Govardhana Hill. As He ran toward it, He became stunned, and then the eight ecstatic transformations appeared in His body due to great love for Kṛṣṇa.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. lajjitaashamed
  2. ha-ilābecame
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. purīra vacaneby the words of Paramānanda Purī
  5. samudraof the sea
  6. ghāṭato the bathing place
  7. āilācame
  8. saba vaiṣṇava-sanewith all the Vaiṣṇavas
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do you respond when others give you special attention?

Practice

When someone gives you kind attention today, receive it without drawing further attention to yourself.

Live this todayModesty in the Company of VaiṣṇavasThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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