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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 6.265

শিবানন্দ যৈছে সেই মনুষ্যে কহিলা ।

কর্ণপূর সেইরূপে শ্লোক বর্ণিলা ॥ ২৬৫ ॥

śivānanda yaiche sei manuṣye kahilā

karṇapūra sei-rūpe śloka varṇilā

Translation

In these verses, the great poet Kavi-karṇapūra gives the same information that Śivānanda Sena conveyed to the messenger from Raghunātha dāsa’s father.

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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.

Two Accounts Convey the Same Information

  1. 1

    The preceding verses present the account of the great poet Kavi-karṇapūra.

  2. 2

    Śivānanda Sena had conveyed information to the messenger from Raghunātha dāsa’s father.

  3. 3

    Kavi-karṇapūra’s verses give the same information as Śivānanda Sena’s report.

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:

When Raghunātha’s father received news of this, he sent some men and money, but Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī refused to accept the money. Understanding that Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was living by begging from the chatras, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu presented him with His own guñjā-mālā and a stone from Govardhana Hill.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śivānandaŚivānanda Sena
  2. yaicheas
  3. seiunto the
  4. manuṣyemessenger
  5. kahilāsaid
  6. karṇapūrathe great poet Kavi-karṇapūra
  7. sei rūpein that way
  8. śloka varṇilācomposed verses
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How carefully do I preserve the meaning of an account when sharing it with others?

Practice

Summarize one statement from this batch in your own words, then check that you have not added anything.

Live this todayTwo Accounts Convey the Same InformationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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