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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa
Antya 7.152Antya 7.155

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 7.153-154

এইমত ভট্টের কথেক দিন গেল ।

শেষে যদি প্রভু তারে সুপ্রসন্ন হৈল ॥ ১৫৩ ॥

ei-mata bhaṭṭera katheka dina gela

śeṣe yadi prabhu tāre suprasanna haila

Translation

Some days passed, and when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, finally pleased with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa, accepted his invitation, the Lord sent Svarūpa Dāmodara, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Govinda to call for Gadādhara Paṇḍita.

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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.

The Lord Accepts Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s Invitation

  1. 1

    Some days passed before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s invitation.

  2. 2

    The Lord was now pleased with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa, marking a change from the earlier displeasure.

  3. 3

    He sent Svarūpa Dāmodara, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Govinda to call Gadādhara Paṇḍita.

How it feels

Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.

The mood of Antya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him. Before this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was greatly attached to Gadādhara Paṇḍita.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei-matain this way
  2. bhaṭṭeraof Vallabha Bhaṭṭa
  3. katheka dinasome days
  4. gelapassed
  5. śeṣeat last
  6. yadiwhen
  7. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. tāreupon him
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this change remind you not to treat a difficult moment as the whole story?

Practice

If a relationship feels strained today, pause before assuming that its present difficulty is permanent.

Live this todayThe Lord Accepts Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s InvitationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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