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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 6.260

শিবানন্দ কহে, — “তুমি সব যাইতে নারিবা ।

আমি যাই যবে, আমার সঙ্গে যাইবা ॥ ২৬০ ॥

śivānanda kahe, — “tumi saba yāite nāribā

āmi yāi yabe, āmāra saṅge yāibā

Translation

Śivānanda Sena informed them, “You cannot go to Jagannātha Purī directly. When I go there, you may accompany me.

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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.

Accept Guidance About the Journey

  1. 1

    Śivānanda Sena told those who had been sent that they could not go directly to Jagannātha Purī.

  2. 2

    He offered to let them accompany him when he went there.

  3. 3

    His instruction gave them a way to proceed, but required them to wait for his journey.

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:

After twelve days, he arrived in Jagannātha Purī at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entrusted Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śivānanda kaheŚivānanda Sena said
  2. tumiyou
  3. sabaall
  4. yāite nāribācannot go
  5. āmi yāiI go
  6. yabewhen
  7. āmāra saṅgewith me
  8. yāibāyou will go
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “offered”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do I respond when helpful guidance requires me to wait?

Practice

Before proceeding with one plan today, check the arrangements with the person guiding it.

Live this todayAccept Guidance About the JourneyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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