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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 14.79

হেনকালে জগন্নাথের পাণি-শঙ্খ বাজিলা ।

স্নান করি’ মহাপ্রভু দরশনে গেলা ॥ ৭৯ ॥

hena-kāle jagannāthera pāṇi-śaṅkha bājilā

snāna kari’ mahāprabhu daraśane gelā

Translation

Just then, everyone heard the blowing of the conchshell at the Jagannātha temple. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately took His bath and went to see Lord Jagannātha.

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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.

The Lord Goes to See Jagannātha

  1. 1

    Everyone heard the blowing of the conchshell at the Jagannātha temple.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately took His bath.

  3. 3

    He then went 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.
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. hena-kāleat this time
  2. jagannātheraof Lord Jagannātha
  3. pāṇi-śaṅkhaa conchshell that can be held in the hand
  4. bājilāvibrated
  5. snāna kari’after bathing
  6. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. daraśane gelāwent to see Lord Jagannātha
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from the Lord’s immediate readiness to go and see Lord Jagannātha?

Practice

Set aside a brief time today to remember Lord Jagannātha, and begin at the time you choose.

Live this todayThe Lord Goes to See JagannāthaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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