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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 6.321

গোবিন্দের মুখে প্রভু সে বার্তা শুনিলা ।

আর দিন আসি’ প্রভু কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৩২১ ॥

govindera mukhe prabhu se vārtā śunilā

āra dina āsi’ prabhu kahite lāgilā

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard news of this from the mouth of Govinda, He went there the next day and spoke as follows.

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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.

Mahāprabhu Comes After Hearing the News

  1. 1

    Govinda told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu the news of Raghunātha dāsa’s activities.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went there the next day.

  3. 3

    The verse introduces His words without yet telling us what He said.

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. govindera mukhefrom the mouth of Govinda
  2. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. se vārtāthat news
  4. śunilāheard
  5. āra dinathe next day
  6. āsi’coming
  7. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. kahite lāgilābegan to say
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do I notice about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally going there after hearing the news?

Practice

Write down the sequence in this verse: Govinda reports, Mahāprabhu visits, and He begins to speak.

Live this todayMahāprabhu Comes After Hearing the NewsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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