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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 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya
Antya 5.109Antya 5.111

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.110

দুই তিন দিন আচার্য আগ্রহ করিল ।

তাঁর আগ্রহে স্বরূপের শুনিতে ইচ্ছা হইল ॥ ১১০ ॥

dui tina dina ācārya āgraha karila

tāṅra āgrahe svarūpera śunite icchā ha-ila

Translation

For two or three days Bhagavān Ācārya continually asked Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī to hear the poetry. Because of his repeated requests, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī wanted to hear the poetry written by the brāhmaṇa from Bengal.

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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.

Repeated Requests Lead to a Hearing

  1. 1

    Bhagavān Ācārya continued his requests for two or three days.

  2. 2

    Because of these repeated requests, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī wanted to hear the poetry.

  3. 3

    The poetry was written by a brāhmaṇa from Bengal. Agreeing to hear it did not yet mean approving it.

How it feels

Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.

The mood of Antya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

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

A brāhmaṇa from Bengal composed a drama about the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and went to Jagannātha Purī to show it to the associates of the Lord. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s secretary, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, heard the drama, he discerned a tinge of Māyāvāda philosophy and pointed it out to the author.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dui tina dinafor two or three days
  2. ācāryaBhagavān Ācārya
  3. āgraha karilaexpressed his ardent desire
  4. tāṅra āgraheby his eagerness
  5. svarūperaof Svarūpa Dāmodara
  6. śuniteto hear
  7. icchādesire
  8. ha-ilathere was
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I distinguish someone’s willingness to listen from their approval?

Practice

When asking for feedback today, leave room for an honest response rather than expecting praise.

Live this todayRepeated Requests Lead to a HearingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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