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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 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
Antya 6.123Antya 6.125

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.124

ভক্ত-চিত্তে ভক্ত-গৃহে সদা অবস্থান ।

কভু গুপ্ত, কভু ব্যক্ত, স্বতন্ত্র ভগবান্ ॥ ১২৪ ॥

bhakta-citte bhakta-gṛhe sadā avasthāna

kabhu gupta, kabhu vyakta, svatantra bhagavān

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead always resides either in the heart or in the home of a devotee. This fact is sometimes hidden and sometimes manifest, for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is fully independent.

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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.

The Lord’s Presence Is Fully Independent

  1. 1

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead always resides either in the heart or in the home of a devotee.

  2. 2

    His presence is sometimes hidden and sometimes manifest.

  3. 3

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead is fully independent; His presence need not always be manifest.

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:

Thus Hiraṇya dāsa left his home, but by the intelligence of Raghunātha dāsa the misunderstanding was mitigated. 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhakta-cittein the heart of a devotee
  2. bhakta-gṛheat the house of a devotee
  3. sadā avasthānaalways resides
  4. kabhu guptasometimes hidden
  5. kabhu vyaktasometimes manifest
  6. svatantrafully independent
  7. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse help me remember the Lord when His presence seems hidden?

Practice

Pause quietly at home today and remember that the Lord’s presence may be hidden or manifest.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Presence Is Fully IndependentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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