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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 4.232 Antya 4.234

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.233

প্রভু প্রীত্যে তাঁর মাথে ধরিলা চরণ ।

রূপ-সনাতন-সম্বন্ধে কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ॥ ২৩৩ ॥

prabhu prītye tāṅra māthe dharilā caraṇa

rūpa-sanātana-sambandhe kailā āliṅgana

Translation

Because of Jīva Gosvāmī’s relationship with Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī, who were greatly favored by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Lord Nityānanda Prabhu placed His feet on the head of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī and embraced him.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Nityānanda Prabhu Blesses Jīva Gosvāmī

1
Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī were greatly favored by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
2
Because of Jīva Gosvāmī’s relationship with them, Lord Nityānanda Prabhu placed His feet on his head.
3
Lord Nityānanda Prabhu also embraced Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, showing him affection.

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

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this way he completely retired and returned to Vṛndāvana to meet Sanātana Gosvāmī. After narrating these incidents, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has given a list of the main books of Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Jīva Gosvāmī.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prabhu prītyebecause of the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
tāṅrahis
mātheon the head
dharilā caraṇarested His lotus feet
rūpa-sanātana-sambandhebecause of his relationship with Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī
kailā āliṅganaembraced

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “favored”, “embraced”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the affection shown to Jīva Gosvāmī?

Practice

Pause over the description of Nityānanda Prabhu’s embrace and write one sentence about the affection it expresses.

Live this todayNityānanda Prabhu Blesses Jīva GosvāmīThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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