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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 5.67

বহুসম্মান করি’ মিশ্রে বিদায় দিলা ।

‘কৃতার্থ হইলাঙ’ বলি’ মিশ্র নাচিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৬৭ ॥

bahu-sammāna kari’ miśre vidāya dilā

‘kṛtārtha ha-ilāṅa’ bali’ miśra nācite lāgilā

Translation

Rāmānanda Rāya paid great respect to Pradyumna Miśra and bade him farewell. Pradyumna Miśra said, “I have become very satisfied.” He then began to dance.

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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.

Hearing Brings Satisfaction and Joy

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya pays great respect to Pradyumna Miśra before bidding him farewell.

  2. 2

    Pradyumna Miśra declares, “I have become very satisfied.”

  3. 3

    After hearing the discourses about Kṛṣṇa, he expresses his joy by beginning to dance.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bahu-sammānamuch respectful behavior
  2. kari’doing
  3. miśreunto Pradyumna Miśra
  4. vidāya dilābade farewell
  5. kṛtārtha ha-ilāṅaI have become very satisfied
  6. bali’saying
  7. miśraPradyumna Miśra
  8. nācite lāgilābegan to dance
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What part of this conversation leaves you feeling grateful or satisfied?

Practice

Write one sentence about something in this conversation that brought you satisfaction.

Live this todayHearing Brings Satisfaction and JoyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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