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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 4.150

দুই জন লঞা প্রভু বসিলা পিণ্ডাতে ।

নির্বিণ্ণ সনাতন লাগিলা কহিতে ॥ ১৫০ ॥

dui jana lañā prabhu vasilā piṇḍāte

nirviṇṇa sanātana lāgilā kahite

Translation

The Lord took them both with Him and sat down in a sacred place. Then Sanātana Gosvāmī, who was advanced in renunciation, began to speak.

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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.

A Sacred Setting for Honest Speech

  1. 1

    The Lord took both companions with Him and sat down in a sacred place.

  2. 2

    Sanātana Gosvāmī is described as advanced in renunciation.

  3. 3

    He then began to speak, expressing his concerns in the verses that follow.

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:

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. This made Sanātana Gosvāmī very unhappy, and therefore he consulted Jagadānanda Paṇḍita about what he should do.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dui jana lañātaking the two of them
  2. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. vasilāsat down
  4. piṇḍāteon the altar
  5. nirviṇṇaadvanced in renunciation
  6. sanātanaSanātana Gosvāmī
  7. lāgilā kahitebegan to speak
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might a quiet, sacred setting help you express your concerns honestly?

Practice

Sit in a quiet place today and put one concern about your service into clear words.

Live this todayA Sacred Setting for Honest SpeechThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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