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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
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.14

সেই দুঁহে লঞা রায় নিভৃত উদ্যানে ।

নিজ-নাটক-গীতের শিখায় নর্তনে ॥ ১৪ ॥

sei duṅhe lañā rāya nibhṛta udyāne

nija-nāṭaka-gītera śikhāya nartane

Translation

“Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya has taken these two girls to a solitary place in his garden, where he is teaching and directing them to dance according to the songs he has composed for his drama.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Art for Lord Jagannātha’s Pleasure

  1. 1

    Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya personally teaches and directs the two girls in a solitary place in his garden.

  2. 2

    They rehearse dances according to songs he composed for the well-known drama Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka.

  3. 3

    The songs and dances are meant for the pleasure of Lord Jagannātha. For this purpose, Rāmānanda Rāya personally instructs the performers.

Key points from the purport
  • The drama being rehearsed by Rāmānanda Rāya and the two young girls was the well-known Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka.
  • The songs and dances were meant for the pleasure of Lord Jagannātha; therefore Rāmānanda Rāya was personally giving instructions on how to sing and dance for the drama.

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

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:

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya was training the deva-dāsī dancing girls in the temple, and when Pradyumna Miśra heard about this, he returned to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord, however, elaborately described the character of Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sei duṅhethose two
  2. lañātaking
  3. rāyaRāmānanda Rāya
  4. nibhṛta udyānein a solitary place in the garden
  5. nija-nāṭakaof the drama composed by him
  6. gīteraof the songs
  7. śikhāyagives direction
  8. nartanein dancing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could you use a skill with the intention of pleasing the Lord?

Practice

Spend a few minutes practicing a devotional song with the intention of pleasing Lord Jagannātha.

Live this todayArt for Lord Jagannātha’s PleasureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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