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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 1.134Madhya 1.136

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.135

প্ৰতাপরুদ্রেরে কৃপা কৈল সেই স্থানে ।

গৌড়ীয়াভক্তে আজ্ঞা দিল বিদায়ের দিনে ॥ ১৩৫ ॥

pratāparudrere kṛpā kaila sei sthāne

gauḍīyā-bhakte ājñā dila vidāyera dine

Translation

In that garden, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed His mercy upon King Pratāparudra. Afterwards, when the Bengali devotees were about to return home, the Lord gave separate orders to almost 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.

Mercy and Individual Instructions

  1. 1

    In the garden, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed His mercy upon King Pratāparudra.

  2. 2

    Afterward, the Bengali devotees were preparing to return home.

  3. 3

    The Lord gave separate orders to almost every one of them.

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:

Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord. There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.
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. pratāparudrereunto King Pratāparudra
  2. kṛpāmercy
  3. kailadid
  4. sei sthānein that garden
  5. gauḍīyā-bhakteto all the devotees of Bengal
  6. ājñāthe order
  7. dilagave
  8. vidāyeraof departure
  9. dineon the day
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the Lord giving separate orders to almost every departing devotee?

Practice

Reread the translation today and note the Lord’s mercy to the king and His instructions to the devotees.

Live this todayMercy and Individual InstructionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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