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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 2.65Antya 2.67

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.66

ভোজন দেখি’ যদ্যপি তাঁর হৃদয়ে উল্লাস ।

নৃসিংহ লক্ষ্য করি’ বাহ্যে কিছু করে দুঃখাভাস ॥ ৬৬ ॥

bhojana dekhi’ yadyapi tāṅra hṛdaye ullāsa

nṛsiṁha lakṣya kari’ bāhye kichu kare duḥkhābhāsa

Translation

Although Nṛsiṁha Brahmacārī felt jubilation within his heart to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu eating everything, for the sake of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva he externally expressed disappointment.

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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.

Inward joy and outward disappointment

  1. 1

    Nṛsiṁha Brahmacārī felt jubilation within his heart on seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu eat everything.

  2. 2

    Externally, however, he expressed disappointment for the sake of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva.

  3. 3

    His outward words did not cancel his inward joy. They expressed his concern for Nṛsiṁhadeva’s offering.

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:

Because of this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected Junior Haridāsa, and despite all the requests of the Lord’s stalwart devotees, the Lord did not accept him again. One year after this incident, Junior Haridāsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā and committed suicide.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhojana dekhi’seeing the eating
  2. yadyapialthough
  3. tāṅra hṛdayewithin his heart
  4. ullāsajubilation
  5. nṛsiṁhaLord Nṛsiṁhadeva
  6. lakṣya kari’for the sake of
  7. bāhyeexternally
  8. kichusome
  9. karedoes
  10. duḥkha-ābhāsaexpression of disappointment
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing his inward joy change your understanding of his outward disappointment?

Practice

Reread his words of concern while remembering the jubilation within his heart.

Live this todayInward joy and outward disappointmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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