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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 2.41

এ-বৎসর তাঁহা আমি যাইমু আপনে ।

তাহাই মিলিমু সব অদ্বৈতাদি সনে ॥ ৪১ ॥

e-vatsara tāṅhā āmi yāimu āpane

tāhāi milimu saba advaitādi sane

Translation

“This year I shall personally go to Bengal and meet all the devotees there, headed by Advaita Ācārya.

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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 Plans to Meet His Devotees

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said He would personally go to Bengal that year.

  2. 2

    He intended to meet all the devotees there.

  3. 3

    The devotees He would meet were headed by Advaita Ācārya.

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.
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. e-vatsarathis year
  2. tāṅhāthere (to Bengal)
  3. āmiI
  4. yāimushall go
  5. āpanepersonally
  6. tāhāithere
  7. milimuI shall meet
  8. sabaall
  9. advaita-ādibeginning with Advaita Ācārya
  10. sanewith
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about the Lord’s intention to personally visit the devotees?

Practice

Read the Lord’s promise aloud once, giving attention to the words “personally go” and “all the devotees.”

Live this todayThe Lord Plans to Meet His DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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