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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 19.22

এত শুনি’ জগদানন্দ হাসিতে লাগিলা ।

নীলাচলে আসি’ তবে প্রভুরে কহিলা ॥ ২২ ॥

eta śuni’ jagadānanda hāsite lāgilā

nīlācale āsi’ tabe prabhure kahilā

Translation

When he heard Advaita Ācārya’s statement, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita began to laugh, and when he returned to Jagannātha Purī, Nīlācala, he informed Caitanya Mahāprabhu of everything.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Carrying the Message Completely

  1. 1

    Jagadānanda Paṇḍita began to laugh when he heard Advaita Ācārya’s statement.

  2. 2

    He then returned to Jagannātha Purī, Nīlācala.

  3. 3

    There he informed Caitanya Mahāprabhu of everything, completing his service as messenger.

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:

After one such visit, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita returned to Purī with a sonnet that Advaita Ācārya had written. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read it, His ecstasy was so great that all the devotees feared that the Lord would very soon pass away.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eta śuni’hearing this
  2. jagadānandaJagadānanda Paṇḍita
  3. hāsite lāgilābegan to laugh
  4. nīlācaleto Jagannātha Purī
  5. āsi’returning
  6. tabethen
  7. prabhure kahilāhe told all this to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How carefully do you pass on something entrusted to you?

Practice

When relaying a message today, check that you have included all its important details without adding your own.

Live this todayCarrying the Message CompletelyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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