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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 2.47Antya 2.50

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 2.48-49

আচম্বিতে নৃসিংহানন্দ তাহাঁই আইলা ।

দুঁহে তাঁরে মিলি’ তবে স্থানে বসাইলা ॥ ৪৮ ॥

ācambite nṛsiṁhānanda tāhāṅi āilā

duṅhe tāṅre mili’ tabe sthāne vasāilā

Translation

Suddenly Nṛsiṁhānanda arrived, and Jagadānanda and Śivānanda arranged for him to sit near them. Seeing them both so unhappy, Nṛsiṁhānanda inquired, “Why do I see that you are both despondent?”

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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.

Notice and Ask About Another’s Sorrow

  1. 1

    Nṛsiṁhānanda arrived suddenly while Jagadānanda and Śivānanda were unhappy.

  2. 2

    They arranged for him to sit near them.

  3. 3

    Seeing their despondency, Nṛsiṁhānanda asked why they were both so unhappy.

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. ācambiteall of a sudden
  2. nṛsiṁhānandaNṛsiṁhānanda
  3. tāhāṅi āilācame there
  4. duṅheŚivānanda and Jagadānanda
  5. tāṅrehim
  6. mili’meeting
  7. tabethen
  8. sthāne vasāilācaused to sit
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I notice when someone near me is unhappy and gently ask about it?

Practice

If someone seems troubled today, offer them a place beside you and gently ask how they are.

Live this todayNotice and Ask About Another’s SorrowThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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