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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 4.26

প্রভু কহে, — “ইহাঁ রূপ ছিল দশমাস ।

ইহাঁ হৈতে গৌড়ে গেলা, হৈল দিন দশ ॥ ২৬ ॥

prabhu kahe, — “ihāṅ rūpa chila daśa-māsa

ihāṅ haite gauḍe gelā, haila dina daśa

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu informed Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was here for ten months. He left for Bengal just ten days ago.

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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 News of Rūpa Gosvāmī

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Sanātana Gosvāmī about Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s stay.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī had been there for ten months.

  3. 3

    He had left for Bengal just ten days earlier. The Lord shared these details with Sanātana Gosvāmī.

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:

Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī came alone from Mathurā to Jagannātha Purī to see Lord Caitanya. Because of bathing in bad water and not getting enough food every day while traveling on the path through Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) Forest, he developed a disease that made his body itch.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kaheLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
  2. ihāṅhere
  3. rūpaRūpa Gosvāmī
  4. chilawas
  5. daśa-māsaten months
  6. ihāṅ haitefrom here
  7. gauḍe gelāhas gone to Bengal
  8. hailait was
  9. dinadays
  10. daśaten
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can sharing thoughtful news help me stay connected with devotees?

Practice

Share a brief, accurate update about your well-being with a devotee or family member.

Live this todaySharing News of Rūpa GosvāmīThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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