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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 4.105

যাত্রাকালে আইলা সব গৌড়ের ভক্তগণ ।

পূর্ববৎ কৈলা সবে রথযাত্রা দরশন ॥ ১০৫ ॥

yātrā-kāle āilā saba gauḍera bhakta-gaṇa

pūrvavat kailā sabe ratha-yātrā daraśana

Translation

During the time of Ratha-yātrā, all the devotees arrived from Bengal to visit the car festival as they had done previously.

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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.

Devotees Return for Ratha-yātrā

  1. 1

    All the devotees arrived from Bengal during Ratha-yātrā.

  2. 2

    They came to visit the car festival, as they had done previously.

  3. 3

    Their visit brought them together where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced before the car of Jagannātha.

How it feels

Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.

The mood of Antya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

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

The Lord ordered Sanātana Gosvāmī to stay with Him for that year, and the next year, after seeing the Ratha-yātrā festival, he left Puruṣottama-kṣetra and returned to Vṛndāvana. After meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī also returned to Bengal, where he remained for one year.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yātrā-kāleduring the time of the car festival
  2. āilācame
  3. sabaall
  4. gauḍera bhakta-gaṇadevotees from Bengal
  5. pūrvavatlike previously
  6. kailādid
  7. sabeall
  8. ratha-yātrā daraśanavisiting the car festival of Lord Jagannātha
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “festival”, “ratha-yātrā”, “together”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can returning regularly to devotional gatherings support your participation?

Practice

Choose one devotional gathering you can attend and note its date.

Live this todayDevotees Return for Ratha-yātrāThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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