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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 3.151

অনেক লোকজন সঙ্গে অঙ্গন ভরিল ।

ভিতর হৈতে রামচন্দ্র সেবক পাঠাইল ॥ ১৫১ ॥

aneka loka-jana saṅge aṅgana bharila

bhitara haite rāmacandra sevaka pāṭhāila

Translation

When the Durgā-maṇḍapa and courtyard became filled with crowds of men, Rāmacandra Khān, who was inside the house, sent his servant to Lord Nityānanda.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A visitor not personally received

  1. 1

    Crowds filled the Durgā-maṇḍapa and courtyard when Lord Nityānanda arrived.

  2. 2

    The bhitara-bāḍi was the inside house for the family, while the bahir-bāḍi was used for visitors and business. The Durgā-maṇḍapa belonged to the outside house.

  3. 3

    Rāmacandra Khān remained inside rather than receiving Lord Nityānanda personally. He sent his servant to tell Him indirectly to go away.

Key points from the purport
  • The Durgā-maṇḍapa would be part of the outside house.
  • Thus when Lord Nityānanda entered the outside house, Rāmacandra Khān was in the inside house with the members of his family.
  • When Nityānanda Prabhu arrived, Rāmacandra Khān did not receive Him personally but sent his servant to inform Him indirectly to go away.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.

The mood of Antya 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura

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

Because of offending a pure Vaiṣṇava, Rāmacandra Khān was later cursed by Nityānanda Prabhu and ruined. From Benāpola, Haridāsa Ṭhākura went to the village known as Cāndapura, where he lived at the house of Balarāma Ācārya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. anekamany
  2. loka-janacrowds of people
  3. saṅgeaccompanied by
  4. aṅganathe courtyard
  5. bharilabecame filled
  6. bhitara haitefrom inside
  7. rāmacandraRāmacandra Khān
  8. sevakaservant
  9. pāṭhāilasent
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “servant”

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

What does the contrast between receiving someone personally and sending them away indirectly invite you to examine?

Practice

Give someone who approaches you today a direct, courteous acknowledgment.

Live this todayA visitor not personally receivedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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