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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 2.54

দুই দিন ধ্যান করি’ শিবানন্দেরে কহিল ।

“পাণিহাটি গ্রামে আমি প্রভুরে আনিল ॥ ৫৪ ॥

dui dina dhyāna kari’ śivānandere kahila

“pāṇihāṭi grāme āmi prabhure ānila

Translation

After meditating for two days, Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī told Śivānanda Sena, “I have already brought Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to the village known as Pāṇihāṭi.

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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.

Meditation Before Preparing Service

  1. 1

    Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī meditated for two days.

  2. 2

    Afterward, he told Śivānanda Sena that he had already brought Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Pāṇihāṭi.

  3. 3

    His words led into preparations to cook and offer food to 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dui dinafor two days
  2. dhyāna kari’after meditating
  3. śivānandere kahilahe said to Śivānanda Sena
  4. pāṇihāṭi grāmeto the village called Pāṇihāṭi
  5. āmiI
  6. prabhure ānilahave brought Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu help you prepare for service?

Practice

Spend a quiet moment remembering Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu before beginning a small act of service today.

Live this todayMeditation Before Preparing ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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