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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 4.211

মহাপ্রভুর ভক্তগণে সবারে মিলিয়া ।

সেইপথে চলি’ যায় সে-স্থান দেখিয়া ॥ ২১১ ॥

mahāprabhura bhakta-gaṇe sabāre miliyā

sei-pathe cali’ yāya se-sthāna dekhiyā

Translation

Sanātana Gosvāmī met all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and then, traveling by that same path, visited the places through which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had passed.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Meeting Devotees and Visiting the Lord’s Places

  1. 1

    Sanātana Gosvāmī met all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu before traveling.

  2. 2

    He then traveled by the same path Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had taken.

  3. 3

    Along that path, he visited the places through which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had passed.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura writes in a song (Śaraṇāgati 31.3):

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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 also informed him that He was maintaining Sanātana and the other devotees just like a father. Therefore the moisture oozing from Sanātana’s itching skin did not affect the Lord at all.
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. mahāprabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. bhakta-gaṇethe devotees
  3. sabāreall
  4. miliyāmeeting
  5. sei-patheon the path
  6. cali’ yāyapassed through
  7. sethose
  8. sthānaplaces
  9. dekhiyāvisiting
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do I appreciate about Sanātana Gosvāmī meeting the devotees before beginning his journey?

Practice

Take a moment today to greet a fellow devotee or reader and ask how they are.

Live this todayMeeting Devotees and Visiting the Lord’s PlacesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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