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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 19.15

জগদানন্দ নদীয়া গিয়া মাতারে মিলিলা ।

প্রভুর যত নিবেদন, সকল কহিলা ॥ ১৫ ॥

jagadānanda nadīyā giyā mātāre mililā

prabhura yata nivedana, sakala kahilā

Translation

Jagadānanda Paṇḍita thus went to Nadia, and when he met Śacīmātā, he conveyed to her all the Lord’s salutations.

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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.

Faithfully Conveying the Lord’s Salutations

  1. 1

    Jagadānanda Paṇḍita goes to Nadia.

  2. 2

    When he meets Śacīmātā, he conveys all the Lord’s salutations to her.

  3. 3

    Through his visit, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s respectful greetings reach His mother.

How it feels

Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.

The mood of Antya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

Every year, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Jagadānanda Paṇḍita to visit His mother in Navadvīpa with gifts of cloth and prasādam. After one such visit, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita returned to Purī with a sonnet that Advaita Ācārya had written.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jagadānandaJagadānanda
  2. nadīyāto Navadvīpa
  3. giyāgoing
  4. mātāremother Śacī
  5. mililāmet
  6. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. yata nivedanaall kinds of salutations
  8. sakalaeverything
  9. kahilāhe told
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I convey another person’s affectionate greetings with care and completeness?

Practice

Pass along a greeting or message you have been asked to deliver, without leaving out its expressions of care.

Live this todayFaithfully Conveying the Lord’s SalutationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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