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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 1.95

মাতা ভক্তগণের তাহাঁ করিল মিলন ।

সর্ব সমাধান করি’ কৈল নীলাদ্রিগমন ॥ ৯৫ ॥

mātā bhakta-gaṇera tāhāṅ karila milana

sarva samādhāna kari’ kaila nīlādri-gamana

Translation

At the house of Advaita Prabhu, He met His mother as well as all the devotees from Māyāpur. He adjusted everything and then went to Jagannātha Purī.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honoring His Mother’s Request

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    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu knew that His acceptance of sannyāsa was a thunderbolt for His mother. By Śrī Advaita Ācārya’s arrangement, He met her and the devotees from Māyāpur.

  2. 2

    Mother Śacī was overwhelmed with grief, and the devotees pacified her. When the Lord asked her to cook for Him, she immediately agreed and cooked throughout her stay.

  3. 3

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested His mother’s permission to go to Jagannātha Purī. At her request, He made it His headquarters and departed with her permission.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu knew very well that His acceptance of sannyāsa was a thunderbolt for His mother.
  • His mother immediately agreed, and forgetting everything else, she cooked for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu during all the days she was at the house of Śrī Advaita Prabhu.
  • Thus everything was adjusted, and with His mother’s permission Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu proceeded toward Jagannātha Purī.

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:

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. mātāthe mother
  2. bhakta-gaṇeraof the devotees
  3. tāhāṅin that place
  4. kariladid
  5. milanameeting
  6. sarvaall
  7. samādhānaadjustments
  8. kari’executing
  9. kailadid
  10. nīlādri-gamanagoing to Jagannātha Purī
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “cooked”

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 show greater care for a family member’s feelings when making a decision?

Practice

Before making one decision that affects a family member today, ask for and listen to their wishes.

Live this todayHonoring His Mother’s RequestThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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