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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 6.126

প্রাতে নিত্যানন্দ প্রভু গঙ্গাস্নান করিয়া ।

সেই বৃক্ষমূলে বসিলা নিজগণ লঞা ॥ ১২৬ ॥

prāte nityānanda prabhu gaṅgā-snāna kariyā

sei vṛkṣa-mūle vasilā nija-gaṇa lañā

Translation

In the morning, after taking His bath in the Ganges, Nityānanda Prabhu sat down with His associates beneath the same tree under which He had previously sat.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Nityānanda Prabhu Sits With His Associates

  1. 1

    In the morning, Nityānanda Prabhu took His bath in the Ganges.

  2. 2

    After bathing, He sat down with His associates.

  3. 3

    He sat beneath the same tree where He had previously sat, and Raghunātha dāsa came there to approach Him.

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:

The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. After this incident, Raghunātha dāsa, with the help of his priest, whose name was Yadunandana Ācārya, got out of his house by trickery and thus ran away.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prātein the morning
  2. nityānanda prabhuLord Nityānanda Prabhu
  3. gaṅgā snānabathing in the Ganges
  4. kariyāafter doing
  5. sei vṛkṣa-mūleunder that tree
  6. vasilāsat down
  7. nija-gaṇa lañāwith His associates
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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: “associates”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What helps me make time to sit with devotees?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today to sit with a devotee and read this verse together.

Live this todayNityānanda Prabhu Sits With His AssociatesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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