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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 6.101

প্রভু বিশ্রাম কৈলা, যদি দিন-শেষ হৈল ।

রাঘব-মন্দিরে তবে কীর্তন আরম্ভিল ॥ ১০১ ॥

prabhu viśrāma kailā, yadi dina-śeṣa haila

rāghava-mandire tabe kīrtana ārambhila

Translation

Nityānanda Prabhu rested for the day, and when the day ended He went to the temple of Rāghava Paṇḍita and began congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord.

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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.

Gather to Chant the Holy Name

  1. 1

    Nityānanda Prabhu rested for the day.

  2. 2

    When the day ended, He went to the temple of Rāghava Paṇḍita.

  3. 3

    There He began congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord.

How it feels

Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.

The mood of Antya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

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

Then Raghunātha dāsa went to Pānihāṭi, and following the order of Nityānanda Prabhu, he observed a festival ( ciḍā-dadhi-mahotsava ) by distributing chipped rice mixed with yogurt. The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuNityānanda Prabhu
  2. viśrāma kailātook rest
  3. yadiwhen
  4. dina-śeṣa hailathe day was ended
  5. rāghava-mandireat the temple of Rāghava Paṇḍita
  6. tabeat that time
  7. kīrtana ārambhilabegan congregational chanting of the holy name
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chanting”, “holy name”, “congregational”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could you make room for chanting the Lord’s holy name with others?

Practice

Invite someone to spend a few minutes chanting the holy name of the Lord with you today.

Live this todayGather to Chant the Holy NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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