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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 2.79

এইমত শচীগৃহে সতত ভোজন ।

শ্রীবাসের গৃহে করেন কীর্তন-দর্শন ॥ ৭৯ ॥

ei-mata śacī-gṛhe satata bhojana

śrīvāsera gṛhe karena kīrtana-darśana

Translation

In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to eat at the temple of Śacīmātā every day and also visit the house of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura when kīrtana was performed.

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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 Visits His Devotees

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to eat at the temple of Śacīmātā every day.

  2. 2

    He also visited the house of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura when kīrtana was performed.

  3. 3

    These visits illustrate the Lord’s presence among His devotees, explained in the surrounding verses as His response to pure devotion.

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:

Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, the secretary of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, forbid Bhagavān Ācārya to indulge in hearing that commentary. Later, when Junior Haridāsa, following the order of Bhagavān Ācārya, went to collect alms from Mādhavīdevī, he committed an offense by talking intimately with a woman although he was in the renounced order.
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. ei-matain this way
  2. śacī-gṛheat the house of Śacīmātā
  3. satataalways
  4. bhojanaeating
  5. śrīvāsera gṛhein the house of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura
  6. karenaperforms
  7. kīrtana-darśanavisiting the kīrtana performances
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “kīrtana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the Lord’s presence during kīrtana deepen your appreciation of it?

Practice

Spend a few minutes today participating in or listening attentively to kīrtana.

Live this todayThe Lord Visits His DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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