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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 19.66

স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি তবে চিন্তা পাইলা মনে ।

ভক্তগণ লঞা বিচার কৈলা আর দিনে ॥ ৬৬ ॥

svarūpa-gosāñi tabe cintā pāilā mane

bhakta-gaṇa lañā vicāra kailā āra dine

Translation

Svarūpa Dāmodara was very anxious, but then he had an idea. The following day, he and the other devotees considered it together.

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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.

Concern Leads to Shared Consultation

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara was very anxious about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    An idea came to him amid that anxiety.

  3. 3

    The following day, he considered the idea together with the other devotees.

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:

To stop this, Svarūpa Dāmodara asked Śaṅkara Paṇḍita to stay at night in the same room with the Lord. This chapter further describes how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden during the full-moon night of Vaiśākha (April-May) and experienced various transcendental ecstasies.
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. svarūpa-gosāñiSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
  2. tabethereafter
  3. cintāan anxiety or thought
  4. pāilā manegot in his mind
  5. bhakta-gaṇa lañāamong all the devotees
  6. vicāra kailāconsidered
  7. āra dinethe next day
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “together”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When I am concerned about someone, am I willing to seek thoughtful help?

Practice

Discuss one concern about someone’s care with a trusted person rather than deciding alone.

Live this todayConcern Leads to Shared ConsultationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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