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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 5.60

তেঁহো কহে, — “যে কহিলা বিদ্যানগরে ।

সেই কথা ক্রমে তুমি কহিবা আমারে ॥ ৬০ ॥

teṅho kahe, — “ye kahilā vidyānagare

sei kathā krame tumi kahibā āmāre

Translation

Pradyumna Miśra replied, “Kindly tell me about the same topics you spoke about at Vidyānagara.

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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.

Eagerly Request Topics of Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Pradyumna Miśra asks to hear the same topics previously spoken at Vidyānagara.

  2. 2

    His request is courteous and specific: “Kindly tell me.”

  3. 3

    The following conversation shows that his request leads to hearing topics of Kṛṣṇa.

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. teṅho kahehe replied
  2. yewhat
  3. kahilāyou spoke
  4. vidyānagareat Vidyānagara
  5. sei kathāthose topics
  6. krameaccording to the order
  7. tumiyou
  8. kahibāplease speak
  9. āmāreto me
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “conversation”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What topic about Kṛṣṇa would you like to hear explained more fully?

Practice

Write down one topic about Kṛṣṇa that you would like to understand better.

Live this todayEagerly Request Topics of KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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