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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 3.152

সেবক বলে — “গোসাঞি, মোরে পাঠাইল খাঁন ।

গৃহস্থের ঘরে তোমায় দিব বাসাস্থান ॥ ১৫২ ॥

sevaka bale — “gosāñi, more pāṭhāila khāṅna

gṛhasthera ghare tomāya diba vāsā-sthāna

Translation

The servant informed Lord Nityānanda, “My dear Sir, Rāmacandra Khān has sent me to accommodate You in some common man’s house.

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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.

Polite words convey an unwelcome message

  1. 1

    The servant addressed Lord Nityānanda as “My dear Sir.”

  2. 2

    He said that Rāmacandra Khān had sent him to arrange accommodation in a common man’s house.

  3. 3

    In context, this offer conveyed Rāmacandra Khān’s wish that Lord Nityānanda leave his residence.

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. sevaka balethe servant said
  2. gosāñimy dear Lord
  3. moreme
  4. pāṭhāilasent
  5. khāṅnaRāmacandra Khān
  6. gṛhasthera ghareat the house of some ordinary person
  7. tomāyaunto You
  8. dibaI shall give
  9. vāsā-sthānaresidential place
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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

Do your courteous words express genuine welcome, or can they conceal dismissal?

Practice

Before sending one message today, check that its polite wording matches an honest and respectful intention.

Live this todayPolite words convey an unwelcome messageThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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