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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
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 2.5-6

‘সাক্ষাৎ-দর্শনে’ প্রায় সব নিস্তারিলা ।

নকুল-ব্রহ্মচারীর দেহে ‘আবিষ্ট’ হইলা ॥ ৫ ॥

‘sākṣāt-darśane’ prāya saba nistārilā

nakula-brahmacārīra dehe ‘āviṣṭa’ ha-ilā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered almost all the fallen souls by directly meeting them. He delivered others by entering the bodies of great devotees, such as Nakula Brahmacārī. And He delivered still others by appearing before them, as in the case of Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī. “I shall deliver the fallen souls.” This statement characterizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Resolve to Deliver Fallen Souls

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered almost all the fallen souls by meeting them directly. His resolve, “I shall deliver the fallen souls,” characterizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    He delivered others by entering the bodies of great devotees, such as Nakula Brahmacārī. He also appeared before others, as in the case of Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī.

  3. 3

    The Lord always manifested His āvirbhāva appearance in four places: the house of Śrīmatī Śacīmātā, wherever Nityānanda Prabhu danced in ecstasy, the house of Śrīvāsa during kīrtana, and the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita. Lord Caitanya Himself appeared in these places.

Key points from the purport
  • The Lord always manifested His āvirbhāva appearance in the following four places: (1) the house of Śrīmatī Śacīmātā, (2) wherever Nityānanda Prabhu danced in ecstasy, (3) the house of Śrīvāsa (when kīrtana was performed), and (4) the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita.
  • Lord Caitanya Himself appeared in these four places.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. sākṣāt-darśaneby direct meeting
  2. prāyaalmost
  3. sabaall
  4. nistārilādelivered
  5. nakula-brahmacārīraof a brahmacārī named Nakula
  6. dehein the body
  7. āviṣṭa ha-ilāentered
  8. pradyumna-nṛsiṁhānandaPradyumna Nṛsiṁhānanda
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “fallen”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “delivered”

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “kīrtana”

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

What hope do you find in the Lord’s declaration, “I shall deliver the fallen souls”?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the Lord’s declaration, then write what it teaches you about His purpose.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Resolve to Deliver Fallen SoulsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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