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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 1.126Madhya 1.128

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.127

পূর্বে যবে প্রভু রামানন্দেরে মিলিলা ।

নীলাচলে আসিবারে তাঁরে আজ্ঞা দিলা ॥ ১২৭ ॥

pūrve yabe prabhu rāmānandere mililā

nīlācale āsibāre tāṅre ājñā dilā

Translation

Previously, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had been touring South India, He had met Rāmānanda Rāya on the banks of the Godāvarī. At that time it had been decided that Rāmānanda Rāya would resign from his post as governor and return to Jagannātha Purī to live with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Choosing to Live with the Lord

  1. 1

    While touring South India, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu met Rāmānanda Rāya on the banks of the Godāvarī.

  2. 2

    At that meeting, it was decided that Rāmānanda Rāya would resign from his post as governor.

  3. 3

    He would return to Jagannātha Purī to live with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

How it feels

Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.

The mood of Madhya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pūrvebefore this
  2. yabewhile
  3. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. rāmānandereŚrī Rāmānanda Rāya
  5. mililāmet
  6. nīlācaleto Jagannātha Purī
  7. āsibāreto come
  8. tāṅrehim
  9. ājñā dilāordered
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Rāmānanda Rāya’s decision show me about the value of the Lord’s association?

Practice

Write one sentence about what Rāmānanda Rāya chose to leave and what he chose to seek.

Live this todayChoosing to Live with the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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