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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 20.116

নবমে — গোপীনাথ-পট্টনায়ক-মোচন ।

ত্রিজগতের লোক প্রভুর পাইল দরশন ॥ ১১৬ ॥

navame — gopīnātha-paṭṭanāyaka-mocana

trijagatera loka prabhura pāila daraśana

Translation

In the ninth chapter is a description of how Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka was delivered and how the people of the three worlds were able to see 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.

Deliverance and Seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

  1. 1

    The ninth chapter describes how Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka was delivered.

  2. 2

    It also describes how the people of the three worlds were able to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    This summary brings together one person’s deliverance and the opportunity for people throughout the three worlds to see the Lord.

How it feels

Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.

The mood of Antya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. navamein the ninth chapter
  2. gopīnātha-paṭṭanāyaka-mocanathe deliverance of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka, the brother of Rāmānanda Rāya
  3. tri-jagateraof the three worlds
  4. lokathe people in general
  5. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. pāila daraśanagot the audience
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīnātha”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “delivered”

  • 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: “together”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the breadth of the opportunity to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Take a quiet minute to reflect on the words “the people of the three worlds” and their opportunity to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayDeliverance and Seeing Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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