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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 2.126

এত শুনি’ সবে নিজ-কর্ণে হস্ত দিয়া ।

নিজ নিজ কার্যে সবে গেল ত’ উঠিয়া ॥ ১২৬ ॥

eta śuni’ sabe nija-karṇe hasta diyā

nija nija kārye sabe gela ta’ uṭhiyā

Translation

Hearing this, all the devotees covered their ears with their hands, got up and went about their respective duties.

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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.

Respond to Instruction Through Action

  1. 1

    Hearing the Lord’s words, all the devotees covered their ears with their hands.

  2. 2

    They got up rather than continuing the discussion.

  3. 3

    Each devotee went about their respective duties, following His instruction.

How it feels

Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.

The mood of Antya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa

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

Because of this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected Junior Haridāsa, and despite all the requests of the Lord’s stalwart devotees, the Lord did not accept him again. One year after this incident, Junior Haridāsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā and committed suicide.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eta śuni’hearing this
  2. sabeall the devotees
  3. nija-karṇeover their ears
  4. hasta diyāputting their hands
  5. nija nija kāryeto their respective duties
  6. sabeall of them
  7. gelawent
  8. ta’certainly
  9. uṭhiyāgetting up
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “discussion”

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 receive a clear instruction, do I act on it or keep discussing it?

Practice

Carry out one responsibility today that you have already been asked to fulfill.

Live this todayRespond to Instruction Through ActionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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