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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 7.3

বর্ষান্তরে যত গৌড়ের ভক্তগণ আইলা ।

পূর্ববৎ মহাপ্রভু সবারে মিলিলা ॥ ৩ ॥

varṣāntare yata gauḍera bhakta-gaṇa āilā

pūrvavat mahāprabhu sabāre mililā

Translation

The next year, all the devotees of Bengal went to visit Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and as previously, the Lord met each and every one of them.

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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 Meets Each Devotee

  1. 1

    The next year, all the devotees of Bengal went to visit Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Their visit continued a pattern of meeting the Lord.

  3. 3

    As previously, the Lord met each and every devotee.

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:

In this chapter, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meeting with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa is described. There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. varṣa-antarethe next year
  2. yataall
  3. gauḍeraof Bengal
  4. bhakta-gaṇadevotees
  5. āilācame
  6. pūrva-vatas previously
  7. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. sabāre mililāmet every one of them
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about the Lord meeting each and every devotee?

Practice

Give one devotee you meet or contact today a personal, attentive greeting.

Live this todayThe Lord Meets Each DevoteeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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