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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 2.32

তবে শিবানন্দের মন প্রতীতি হইল ।

অনেক সম্মান করি’ বহু ভক্তি কৈল ॥ ৩২ ॥

tabe śivānandera mane pratīti ha-ila

aneka sammāna kari’ bahu bhakti kaila

Translation

Śivānanda Sena thereupon developed full confidence in his mind that Nakula Brahmacārī was filled with the presence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śivānanda Sena then offered him respect and devotional service.

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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.

Confidence Expressed Through Respect and Service

  1. 1

    Śivānanda Sena developed full confidence after hearing Nakula Brahmacārī's words.

  2. 2

    He understood that Nakula Brahmacārī was filled with the presence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    His confidence found expression in respect and devotional service to Nakula Brahmacārī.

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. tabethereupon
  2. śivānanderaof Śivānanda Sena
  3. manein the mind
  4. pratīti ha-ilathere was confidence
  5. aneka sammāna kari’offering him much respect
  6. bahu bhakti kailaoffered him devotional service
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”, “offered”

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

How can my devotional confidence find expression in respectful service?

Practice

Offer one small act of help to a devotee today, with respect.

Live this todayConfidence Expressed Through Respect and ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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