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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 2.134

আস্তে-ব্যস্তে পুরী-গোসাঞি প্রভু আগে গেলা ।

অনুনয় করি’ প্রভুরে ঘরে বসাইলা ॥ ১৩৪ ॥

āste-vyaste purī-gosāñi prabhu āge gelā

anunaya kari’ prabhure ghare vasāilā

Translation

In great haste Paramānanda Purī Gosāñi went before Him and with great humility persuaded Him to sit down in His room.

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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.

A Humble Appeal to the Lord

  1. 1

    Paramānanda Purī Gosāñi went before the Lord in great haste.

  2. 2

    Although he acted urgently, he approached with great humility.

  3. 3

    He persuaded the Lord to sit down in His room. His appeal was humble rather than demanding.

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:

One year after this incident, Junior Haridāsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā and committed suicide. In his spiritual body, however, he continued to sing devotional songs, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard them.
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. āste-vyastewith great haste
  2. purī-gosāñiParamānanda Purī
  3. prabhu āgein front of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. gelāwent
  5. anunaya kari’with great humility
  6. prabhureŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. gharein His room
  8. vasāilāgot to sit down
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “humility”, “humble”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I make an urgent request without losing humility?

Practice

Make one request today gently, without demanding that it be accepted.

Live this todayA Humble Appeal to the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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