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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 1.192

জগাই-মাধাই দুই করিলে উদ্ধার ।

তাহাঁ উদ্ধারিতে শ্রম নহিল তোমার ॥ ১৯২ ॥

jagāi-mādhāi dui karile uddhāra

tāhāṅ uddhārite śrama nahila tomāra

Translation

“You have delivered the two brothers Jagāi and Mādhāi, but to deliver them You did not have to exert Yourself very much.

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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.

Remember the Lord’s Power to Deliver

  1. 1

    The brothers recalled that the Lord had delivered Jagāi and Mādhāi.

  2. 2

    They spoke of Jagāi and Mādhāi as two brothers.

  3. 3

    They said that delivering them had required little exertion from the Lord.

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. jagāi-mādhāithe two brothers Jagāi and Mādhāi
  2. duitwo
  3. karileYou did
  4. uddhāradeliverance
  5. tāhāṅthere
  6. uddhāriteto deliver
  7. śramaexertion
  8. nahilathere was not
  9. tomāraof You
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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: “delivered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does remembering the Lord’s power to deliver others affect my confidence in Him?

Practice

During prayer today, recall that the Lord delivered Jagāi and Mādhāi without much exertion.

Live this todayRemember the Lord’s Power to DeliverThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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