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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 14.22

দেহাভ্যাসে নিত্যকৃত্য করি’ সমাপন ।

কালে যাই’ কৈলা জগন্নাথ দরশন ॥ ২২ ॥

dehābhyāse nitya-kṛtya kari’ samāpana

kāle yāi’ kailā jagannātha daraśana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed His customary daily duties, and at the usual time He went to see Lord Jagannātha in the temple.

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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.

Regular Duties and Seeing Lord Jagannātha

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed His customary daily duties.

  2. 2

    At the usual time, He went to the temple.

  3. 3

    His purpose in going was to see Lord Jagannātha.

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:

When Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the temple of Lord Jagannātha, He was absorbed in ecstatic love and saw only Kṛṣṇa. As soon as He perceived this woman, however, His external consciousness immediately returned, and He saw Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. deha-abhyāseas a habit
  2. nitya-kṛtyathe daily duties
  3. kari’ samāpanafinishing
  4. kāleat the proper time
  5. yāi’going
  6. kailāperformed
  7. jagannātha daraśanaseeing Lord Jagannātha
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might the Lord’s regular temple visit encourage steadiness in your own devotional routine?

Practice

Set aside a specific time today to read one of these verses with care.

Live this todayRegular Duties and Seeing Lord JagannāthaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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