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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 2.36

নৃসিংহানন্দের আগে আবির্ভূত হঞা ।

ভোজন করিলা, তাহা শুন মন দিয়া ॥ ৩৬ ॥

nṛsiṁhānandera āge āvirbhūta hañā

bhojana karilā, tāhā śuna mana diyā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared before Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī and ate his offerings. Please hear about this with attention.

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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.

Hear Attentively About the Lord’s Visit

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared before Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī.

  2. 2

    He ate the offerings made by Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī.

  3. 3

    The reader is asked to hear this account with attention.

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:

Thus he described the glories of Nṛsiṁhānanda and other devotees. A devotee named Bhagavān Ācārya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nṛsiṁhānanderathe brahmacārī known as Nṛsiṁhānanda
  2. āgebefore
  3. āvirbhūta hañāappearing
  4. bhojana karilāHe accepted offerings of food
  5. tāhāthat
  6. śunahear
  7. mana diyāwith attention
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What helps you give your full attention when hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Read this translation slowly once more, without distractions.

Live this todayHear Attentively About the Lord’s VisitThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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