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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 2.128

আর দিন সবে পরমানন্দপুরী-স্থানে ।

‘প্রভুকে প্রসন্ন কর’ — কৈলা নিবেদনে ॥ ১২৮ ॥

āra dina sabe paramānanda-purī-sthāne

‘prabhuke prasanna kara’ — kailā nivedane

Translation

The next day, all the devotees went to Śrī Paramānanda Purī and requested him to pacify the Lord.

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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.

Seek Help in Making an Appeal

  1. 1

    The next day, all the devotees went to Śrī Paramānanda Purī.

  2. 2

    They requested him to pacify the Lord.

  3. 3

    Rather than renewing their own direct appeal, they sought his help.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āra dinathe next day
  2. sabeall the devotees
  3. paramānanda-purī-sthāneat the place of Paramānanda Purī
  4. prabhukeŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. prasanna karaplease try to pacify
  6. kailā nivedanesubmitted
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When a conversation is difficult, can I respectfully seek help?

Practice

If you face a difficult conversation today, ask a trusted person for help approaching it respectfully.

Live this todaySeek Help in Making an AppealThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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