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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 4.114

দোলযাত্রা-আদি প্রভুর সঙ্গেতে দেখিল ।

দিনে-দিনে প্রভু-সঙ্গে আনন্দ বাড়িল ॥ ১১৪ ॥

dola-yātrā-ādi prabhura saṅgete dekhila

dine-dine prabhu-saṅge ānanda bāḍila

Translation

Sanātana Gosvāmī observed the Dola-yātrā ceremony with Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In this way, his pleasure increased in the company of the Lord.

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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.

The Lord’s Company Increases Pleasure

  1. 1

    Sanātana Gosvāmī observed the Dola-yātrā ceremony.

  2. 2

    He observed it with Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    In this way, his pleasure increased in the company of the Lord.

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:

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Sanātana Gosvāmī which way he had come, Sanātana replied, “Many servitors of Lord Jagannātha come and go on the path by the Siṁha-dvāra gate of the Jagannātha temple. Therefore, I did not go by that path, but instead went by the beach.”
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. dola-yātrāthe festival of Dola-yātrā
  2. ādiand others
  3. prabhura saṅgetewith Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. dekhilahe saw
  5. dine-dineday after day
  6. prabhu-saṅgein the association of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. ānanda bāḍilahis pleasure increased
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “company of”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Sanātana Gosvāmī’s increasing pleasure reveal about what he cherished?

Practice

Reread this verse and reflect for a minute on the pleasure Sanātana Gosvāmī found in the Lord’s company.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Company Increases PleasureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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