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  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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
Antya 6.63Antya 6.65

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.64

শুনি’ পণ্ডিত ভট্টাচার্য যত বিপ্র আইলা ।

মান্য করি’ প্রভু সবারে উপরে বসাইলা ॥ ৬৪ ॥

śuni’ paṇḍita bhaṭṭācārya yata vipra āilā

mānya kari’ prabhu sabāre upare vasāilā

Translation

Hearing about the festival, all kinds of learned scholars, brāhmaṇas and priests went there. Lord Nityānanda Prabhu honored them and made them sit on the raised platform with Him.

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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.

Nityānanda Prabhu Honors Those Who Arrive

  1. 1

    All kinds of learned scholars, brāhmaṇas and priests heard about the festival.

  2. 2

    They went there after hearing about it.

  3. 3

    Lord Nityānanda Prabhu honored them and made them sit on the raised platform with 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:

Then Raghunātha dāsa went to Pānihāṭi, and following the order of Nityānanda Prabhu, he observed a festival ( ciḍā-dadhi-mahotsava ) by distributing chipped rice mixed with yogurt. The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śuni’hearing
  2. paṇḍita bhaṭṭācāryalearned scholars and priests
  3. yataall
  4. viprabrāhmaṇas
  5. āilācame
  6. mānya kari’giving honor
  7. prabhuLord Nityānanda Prabhu
  8. sabāreall of them
  9. upare vasāilāseated on the top
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “festival”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from the way Nityānanda Prabhu welcomed and honored those who arrived?

Practice

Welcome someone warmly today and offer them a place to sit.

Live this todayNityānanda Prabhu Honors Those Who ArriveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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