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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 10.121

কতক্ষণে দুই জনে স্থির যবে হৈলা ।

তবে মহাপ্রভু তাঁরে কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ১২১ ॥

kata-kṣaṇe dui jane sthira yabe hailā

tabe mahāprabhu tāṅre kahite lāgilā

Translation

After they had regained their patience, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to speak.

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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.

Patience Before Speaking

  1. 1

    They regained their patience before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then began to speak.

  3. 3

    The sequence gives attention to both regained patience and the words that followed.

How it feels

Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.

The mood of Madhya 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 10: The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī

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

All the devotees of Navadvīpa thus began arranging to come to Jagannātha Purī. At this time Paramānanda Purī was at Navadvīpa, and immediately upon hearing news of the Lord’s return, he started for Jagannātha Purī accompanied by a brāhmaṇa named Kamalākānta.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kata-kṣaṇeafter some time
  2. dui janeboth persons
  3. sthirapatient
  4. yabewhen
  5. hailābecame
  6. tabeat that time
  7. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. tāṅreunto him
  9. kahiteto speak
  10. lāgilābegan
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might regaining patience help you prepare for a conversation?

Practice

Before one conversation today, pause briefly to regain your patience.

Live this todayPatience Before SpeakingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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