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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 18.119

তবে স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি তাঁরে স্নান করাঞা ।

প্রভুরে লঞা ঘর আইলা আনন্দিত হঞা ॥ ১১৯ ॥

tabe svarūpa-gosāñi taṅre snāna karāñā

prabhure lañā ghara āilā ānandita hañā

Translation

Thereafter, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī had Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathe in the sea, and then he very happily brought 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.

Loving Care in Simple Actions

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī had Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathe in the sea.

  2. 2

    Afterward, he brought Him back home.

  3. 3

    He did this very happily, following the distress of the search and discovery.

How it feels

Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.

The mood of Antya 18 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

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

Thereafter, when the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra loudly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to His external consciousness. Then they brought Him back to His own residence.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethereafter
  2. svarūpa-gosāñiSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi
  3. tāṅreHim
  4. snāna karāñācausing to bathe
  5. prabhureŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. lañātaking
  7. ghara āilācame back to His house
  8. ānandita hañābeing very happy
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can a simple act of care become a source of happiness?

Practice

Gladly offer one small practical help to someone today.

Live this todayLoving Care in Simple ActionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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