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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 2.76

একদিন সভাতে প্রভু বাত চালাইলা ।

নৃসিংহানন্দের গুণ কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৭৬ ॥

eka-dina sabhāte prabhu bāta cālāilā

nṛsiṁhānandera guṇa kahite lāgilā

Translation

One day, in the presence of all the devotees, the Lord raised these topics concerning Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī and praised his transcendental qualities.

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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.

The Lord Praises His Devotee’s Qualities

  1. 1

    One day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself raised the topics concerning Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī.

  2. 2

    He spoke in the presence of all the devotees.

  3. 3

    The Lord praised Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī’s transcendental qualities, honoring him before the assembled devotees.

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. eka-dinaone day
  2. sabhātein the presence of all the devotees
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. bāta cālāilāraised the topic (of eating at Nṛsiṁhānanda’s house)
  5. nṛsiṁhānanderaof Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī
  6. guṇatranscendental qualities
  7. kahite lāgilābegan to speak
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “assembled”

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

Do I notice and appreciate the devotional qualities of others?

Practice

Sincerely acknowledge one devotional quality you have observed in someone today.

Live this todayThe Lord Praises His Devotee’s QualitiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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