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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 2.56

তবে তাঁরে এথা আমি আনিব সত্বর ।

নিশ্চয় কহিলাঙ, কিছু সন্দেহ না কর ॥ ৫৬ ॥

tabe tāṅre ethā āmi āniba satvara

niścaya kahilāṅa, kichu sandeha nā kara

Translation

“In this way I shall bring Him here very soon. Be assured that I am telling you the truth. Do not be doubtful.

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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.

Confidence in Welcoming the Lord

  1. 1

    Nṛsiṁhānanda assured Śivānanda that he would bring Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu there very soon.

  2. 2

    He asked Śivānanda to accept that he was telling the truth and not to be doubtful.

  3. 3

    This assurance accompanied his request to prepare ingredients for cooking and offering food.

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:

A devotee named Bhagavān Ācārya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Nevertheless, his brother, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Ācārya, discoursed upon the commentary of impersonalism (Māyāvāda).
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. tabein this way
  2. tāṅreHim
  3. ethāhere
  4. āmiI
  5. āniba satvarashall bring very soon
  6. niścayawith certainty
  7. kahilāṅaI spoke
  8. kichu sandeha nā karado not be doubtful
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about Nṛsiṁhānanda’s confidence as he prepares to serve?

Practice

Reread Nṛsiṁhānanda’s assurance, then complete one small preparation for your service today.

Live this todayConfidence in Welcoming the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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