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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 15.10

হেনকালে ঈশ্বরের উপলভোগ সরিল ।

ভক্তগণ মহাপ্রভুরে ঘরে লঞা আইল ॥ ১০ ॥

hena-kāle īśvarera upala-bhoga sarila

bhakta-gaṇa mahāprabhure ghare lañā āila

Translation

Just then, the upala-bhoga ceremony of Lord Jagannātha concluded, and the devotees who had accompanied Lord Caitanya to the temple took Him back home.

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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.

Devotees Bring the Lord Home

  1. 1

    Lord Jagannātha’s upala-bhoga ceremony concluded just then.

  2. 2

    The devotees had accompanied Lord Caitanya to the temple.

  3. 3

    After He became unconscious, these devotees took Him back home.

How it feels

Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.

The mood of Antya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

After seeing the upala-bhoga ceremony of Lord Jagannātha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once more began to feel ecstatic emotions. When He saw the garden on the beach by the sea, He again thought that He was in Vṛndāvana, and when He began to think of Kṛṣṇa engaging in His different pastimes, transcendental emotions excited Him again.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. hena-kāleat this time
  2. īśvareraof Lord Jagannātha
  3. upala-bhogathe upala-bhoga ceremony
  4. sarilawas finished
  5. bhakta-gaṇathe devotees
  6. mahāprabhureŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. gharehome
  8. lañā āilabrought
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the devotees’ practical care for Lord Caitanya?

Practice

Offer one small act of practical help to someone you are accompanying today.

Live this todayDevotees Bring the Lord HomeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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