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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 6.33

যাহ তুমি, তোমার জ্যেঠারে মিলাহ আমারে ।

যে-মতে ভাল হয় করুন, ভার দিলুঁ তাঁরে ।।” ৩৩ ।। ॥ ৩৩ ॥

yāha tumi, tomāra jyeṭhāre milāha āmāre

ye-mate bhāla haya karuna, bhāra diluṅ tāṅre

Translation

“Now you go arrange a meeting between me and your uncle. Let him do whatever he thinks best. I shall completely depend on his decision.”

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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.

Willingness to Meet and Accept a Decision

  1. 1

    The caudhurī asks Raghunātha dāsa to arrange a meeting with his uncle.

  2. 2

    He agrees to let the uncle do whatever he thinks best.

  3. 3

    His willingness to depend on the uncle’s decision opens the way toward settling the matter.

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:

In the meantime, however, a Muslim official became envious of Hiraṇya dāsa, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī’s uncle, and induced some big official court minister to have him arrested. Thus Hiraṇya dāsa left his home, but by the intelligence of Raghunātha dāsa the misunderstanding was mitigated.
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. yāhago
  2. tumiyou
  3. tomārayour
  4. jyeṭhārethe elder brother of your father
  5. milāha āmārearrange to meet with me
  6. ye-matein whatever way
  7. bhālagood
  8. hayais
  9. karunalet him do
  10. bhāra diluṅ tāṅreI shall completely depend upon him
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “depend”

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

When a disagreement arises, am I willing to meet and listen rather than insist on my own way?

Practice

If you have an unresolved disagreement, take one small step toward a calm conversation.

Live this todayWillingness to Meet and Accept a DecisionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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