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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 2.13

তা-সবা তারিতে প্রভু সেই সব দেশে ।

যোগ্যভক্ত জীবদেহে করেন ‘আবেশে’ ॥ ১৩ ॥

tā-sabā tārite prabhu sei saba deśe

yogya-bhakta jīva-dehe karena ‘āveśe’

Translation

To deliver people in regions throughout the universe who could not meet Him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally entered the bodies of pure devotees.

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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.

The Lord Reached People Through Pure Devotees

  1. 1

    Some people throughout the universe could not meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    To deliver them, He personally entered the bodies of pure devotees.

  3. 3

    His help was not limited to those who could travel to meet Him directly.

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:

Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, wanted to explain direct meetings with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, meetings with those empowered by Him, and His āvirbhāva appearance. Thus he described the glories of Nṛsiṁhānanda and other devotees.
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. tā-sabāall of them
  2. tāriteto deliver
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. seithose
  5. sabaall
  6. deśein countries
  7. yogya-bhaktaa suitable devotee
  8. jīva-dehein the body of such a living entity
  9. karenadoes
  10. āveśeentrance
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “deliver”

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

What reassurance do you find in the Lord’s desire to reach those who could not meet Him?

Practice

Pause today to reflect on His care for people who could not come to Him.

Live this todayThe Lord Reached People Through Pure DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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