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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 2.52

তাঁহার প্রভাব-প্রেম জানে দুইজনে ।

আনিবে প্রভুরে এবে নিশ্চয় কৈলা মনে ॥ ৫২ ॥

tāṅhāra prabhāva-prema jāne dui-jane

ānibe prabhure ebe niścaya kailā mane

Translation

Śivānanda and Jagadānanda knew of Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī’s influence and love of Godhead. Therefore they now felt assured that he would certainly bring Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Love of Godhead Inspires Confidence

  1. 1

    Śivānanda and Jagadānanda knew of Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī’s influence.

  2. 2

    They also knew his love of Godhead.

  3. 3

    Because of this, they felt assured that he would certainly bring Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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. tāṅhārahis
  2. prabhāvainfluence
  3. premalove of Godhead
  4. jāneknow
  5. dui-janeboth of them
  6. ānibe prabhurehe will bring Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. ebenow
  8. niścaya kailā manethey were greatly assured within their minds
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of godhead”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Why did knowing Nṛsiṁhānanda’s love of Godhead make his assurance convincing to them?

Practice

Note the two qualities of Nṛsiṁhānanda that gave Śivānanda and Jagadānanda confidence.

Live this todayLove of Godhead Inspires ConfidenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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