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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 Madhya 1.181

এত কহি’ রাজা গেলা নিজ অভ্যন্তরে ।

তবে দবির খাস আইলা আপনার ঘরে ॥ ১৮১ ॥

eta kahi’ rājā gelā nija abhyantare

tabe dabira khāsa āilā āpanāra ghare

Translation

After having this conversation with Rūpa Gosvāmī, the King entered his private house. Rūpa Gosvāmī, then known as Dabira Khāsa, also returned to his residence.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Leadership on Behalf of the Supreme Lord

  1. 1

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the proprietor of all planetary systems. A king or governmental head is supposed to be the representative of Lord Viṣṇu.

  2. 2

    On behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a ruler must see to the interests of all the people. Lord Viṣṇu, as Paramātmā, gives the king intelligence to execute governmental affairs.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī therefore asked what the King thought about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He indicated that the King’s understanding of Him was correct.

Key points from the purport
  • A monarch is certainly a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • Therefore Lord Viṣṇu, as Paramātmā, gives the king all intelligence to execute governmental affairs.
  • Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī therefore asked the King what was in his mind concerning Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and indicated that whatever the King thought about Him was correct.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. eta kahi’saying this
  2. rājāthe King
  3. gelāwent
  4. nijaown
  5. abhyantareto the private house
  6. tabeat that time
  7. dabira khāsaŚrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
  8. āilāreturned
  9. āpanārahis own
  10. ghareto the residence
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “conversation”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I better consider everyone’s interests in a responsibility I hold?

Practice

Before making one decision today, consider the interests of everyone it will affect.

Live this todayLeadership on Behalf of the Supreme LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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