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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī
Antya 4.204Antya 4.206

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.205

দুঁহে আলিঙ্গিয়া প্রভু গেলা নিজালয় ।

প্রভুর গুণ কহে দুঁহে হঞা প্রেমময় ॥ ২০৫ ॥

duṅhe āliṅgiyā prabhu gelā nijālaya

prabhura guṇa kahe duṅhe hañā prema-maya

Translation

After embracing both Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to His residence. Then Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī, in great ecstatic love, began to describe the Lord’s transcendental attributes.

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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.

Sharing the Lord’s Qualities in Love

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced both Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī before returning to His residence.

  2. 2

    Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī were filled with great ecstatic love.

  3. 3

    Together they began describing the Lord’s transcendental attributes.

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. duṅheboth of them
  2. āliṅgiyāembracing
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. gelādeparted
  5. nija-ālayafor His place
  6. prabhura guṇaattributes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. kahediscussed
  8. duṅheboth of them
  9. hañābeing
  10. prema-mayaoverwhelmed by ecstasy
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “ecstatic love”

  • 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”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “embraced”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches me about their response to the Lord’s embrace?

Practice

Share with someone one observation about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s care shown in this passage.

Live this todaySharing the Lord’s Qualities in LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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