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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 4.202

দেখি’ হরিদাস মনে হৈলা চমৎকার ।

প্রভুরে কহেন, — “এই ভঙ্গী যে তোমার ॥ ২০২ ॥

dekhi’ haridāsa mane hailā camatkāra

prabhure kahena, — “ei bhaṅgī ye tomāra

Translation

Seeing the change, Haridāsa Ṭhākura, greatly astonished, told the Lord, “This is Your pastime.

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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.

Haridāsa Recognizes the Lord’s Pastime

  1. 1

    Haridāsa Ṭhākura sees the change in Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body.

  2. 2

    He is greatly astonished by what he witnesses.

  3. 3

    Addressing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he says, “This is Your pastime.” He recognizes the change as the Lord’s doing.

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. dekhi’seeing
  2. haridāsaHaridāsa Ṭhākura
  3. manein the mind
  4. hailā camatkārabecame astonished
  5. prabhure kahenaspoke to the Lord
  6. eithis
  7. bhaṅgītranscendental activity
  8. yewhich
  9. tomāraYour
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “haridāsa”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s response help me notice about this event?

Practice

Read the preceding verse again, then pause over Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s words, “This is Your pastime.”

Live this todayHaridāsa Recognizes the Lord’s PastimeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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