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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 2.9

আর নানা-দেশের লোক আসি’ জগন্নাথ ।

চৈতন্য-চরণ দেখি’ হইল কৃতার্থ ॥ ৯ ॥

āra nānā-deśera loka āsi’ jagannātha

caitanya-caraṇa dekhi’ ha-ila kṛtārtha

Translation

Similarly, people who went to Jagannātha Purī from various provinces of India were fully satisfied after seeing the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Seeing His Lotus Feet Brought Full Satisfaction

  1. 1

    People came to Jagannātha Purī from various provinces of India.

  2. 2

    Like the devotees from Bengal, these visitors saw the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    After seeing His lotus feet, they were fully satisfied.

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).
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āraagain
  2. nānā-deśeraof different provinces
  3. lokapeople
  4. āsi’coming
  5. jagannāthato Jagannātha Purī
  6. caitanya-caraṇathe lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. dekhi’seeing
  8. ha-ilabecame
  9. kṛta-arthafully satisfied
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws your attention to the satisfaction these visitors found in seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Read the translation slowly today, pausing to reflect on the words “fully satisfied.”

Live this todaySeeing His Lotus Feet Brought Full SatisfactionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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