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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 4.128

শুনি’ মহাপ্রভু মনে সন্তোষ পাইলা ।

তুষ্ট হঞা তাঁরে কিছু কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ১২৮ ॥

śuni’ mahāprabhu mane santoṣa pāilā

tuṣṭa hañā tāṅre kichu kahite lāgilā

Translation

Having heard all these details, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, greatly pleased, spoke as follows.

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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.

Sanātana’s Conduct Pleased the Lord

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard all the details of Sanātana’s explanation.

  2. 2

    He was greatly pleased by what He heard.

  3. 3

    His words that follow praise Sanātana’s care to observe and protect Vaiṣṇava etiquette.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was pleased to hear about Sanātana Gosvāmī’s great respect for the temple of Lord Śrī Jagannātha. Because his disease produced wet sores on his body, Sanātana Gosvāmī used to avoid embracing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but nevertheless the Lord would embrace him by force.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śuni’hearing
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. manein the mind
  4. santoṣa pāilābecame very happy
  5. tuṣṭa hañābeing pleased
  6. tāṅreunto him
  7. kichusomething
  8. kahite lāgilābegan to speak
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I recognize and appreciate another person’s care for devotional etiquette?

Practice

Thank someone today for being considerate in a devotional setting.

Live this todaySanātana’s Conduct Pleased the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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