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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 5.8 Antya 5.10

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.9

কৃষ্ণকথায় রুচি তোমার — বড় ভাগ্যবান্ ।

যার কৃষ্ণকথায় রুচি, সেই ভাগ্যবান্ ॥ ৯ ॥

kṛṣṇa-kathāya ruci tomāra — baḍa bhāgyavān

yāra kṛṣṇa-kathāya ruci, sei bhāgyavān

Translation

“I see that you have acquired a taste for hearing talks regarding Kṛṣṇa. Therefore you are extremely fortunate. Not only you but anyone who has awakened such a taste is considered most fortunate.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Taste for Kṛṣṇa Is Great Fortune

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recognizes Pradyumna Miśra’s taste for hearing talks regarding Kṛṣṇa.
2
He describes someone with this taste as extremely fortunate.
3
This good fortune is not limited to one person. Anyone whose taste for hearing about Kṛṣṇa has awakened is most fortunate.

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

Antya 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

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

Pradyumna Miśra, a resident of Śrīhaṭṭa, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear from Him about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes. The Lord, however, sent him to Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

kṛṣṇa-kathāyain talking of Kṛṣṇa
rucitaste
tomārayour
baḍa bhāgyavānvery fortunate
yāraof whom
kṛṣṇa-kathāyain hearing about Kṛṣṇa
rucitaste
sei bhāgyavānhe is very fortunate

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When have you felt a desire to hear more about Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Spend a few minutes today hearing or reading talks about Kṛṣṇa.

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