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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa
Antya 2.19Antya 2.21

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.20

তৈছে গৌরকান্তি, তৈছে সদা প্রেমাবেশ ।

তাহা দেখিবারে আইসে সর্ব গৌড়দেশ ॥ ২০ ॥

taiche gaura-kānti, taiche sadā premāveśa

tāhā dekhibāre āise sarva gauḍa-deśa

Translation

His body shone with the same luster as that of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he showed the same absorption in ecstatic love of Godhead. People came from all provinces of Bengal to see these symptoms.

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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.

Luster and Absorption Like the Lord’s

  1. 1

    Nakula Brahmacārī’s body shone with the same luster as that of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    He showed the same absorption in ecstatic love of Godhead.

  3. 3

    People came from all provinces of Bengal to see these symptoms.

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. taichein that way
  2. gaura-kāntia bodily luster like that of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. taichesimilarly
  4. sadāalways
  5. prema-āveśaabsorbed in ecstatic love
  6. tāhā dekhibāreto see that
  7. āisecome
  8. sarvaall
  9. gauḍa-deśapeople from all provinces of Bengal
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of godhead”, “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws my attention more: the outward luster or the absorption in love of Godhead?

Practice

Write down the two qualities this verse says Nakula Brahmacārī shared with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayLuster and Absorption Like the Lord’sThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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