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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 2.80 Antya 2.82

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.81

প্রেমবশ গৌরপ্রভু, যাহাঁ প্রেমোত্তম ।

প্রেমবশ হঞা তাহা দেন দরশন ॥ ৮১ ॥

prema-vaśa gaura-prabhu, yāhāṅ premottama

prema-vaśa hañā tāhā dena daraśana

Translation

Lord Gaurasundara is greatly influenced by the love of His devotees. Therefore wherever there is pure devotion to the Lord, the Lord Himself, subdued by such love, appears, and His devotees see Him.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure Devotion Draws the Lord

1
Lord Gaurasundara is greatly influenced by the love of His devotees.
2
Wherever there is pure devotion to Him, the Lord Himself appears, subdued by that love.
3
His devotees see Him; the verse emphasizes the power of pure devotion in their relationship with the Lord.

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

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.

prema-vaśasubdued by loving service
gaura-prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Gaurasundara
yāhāṅ prema-uttamawherever there is pure love
prema-vaśa hañābeing subdued by such love
tāhāthere
dena daraśanaappears personally

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you give more attention to love in your devotional service?

Practice

Choose one small act of devotional service today and do it with the intention of pleasing the Lord.

Live this todayPure Devotion Draws the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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