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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 10: The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī

Madhya 10.57 Madhya 10.59

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.58

প্রভু কহে, — কি সঙ্কোচ, তুমি নহ পর ।

জন্মে জন্মে তুমি আমার সবংশে কিঙ্কর ॥ ৫৮ ॥

prabhu kahe, — ki saṅkoca, tumi naha para

janme janme tumi āmāra savaṁśe kiṅkara

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted Bhavānanda Rāya’s offer, saying, “I accept without hesitation because you are not an outsider. Birth after birth you have been My servant, along with your family members.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Accepts His Own Servants

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepts Bhavānanda Rāya’s offer without hesitation.
2
The Lord tells him that he is not an outsider.
3
He says that Bhavānanda Rāya and his family members have been His servants birth after birth.

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

Madhya 10: The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī

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

The father of Rāmānanda Rāya, Bhavānanda Rāya, offered another son named Vāṇīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka for the Lord’s service. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu informed His associates about the pollution of Kṛṣṇadāsa brought about by his association with the Bhaṭṭathāris, and thus the Lord proposed to give him leave.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prabhu kahethe Lord replied
ki saṅkocawhat hesitation
tumiyou
nahaare not
paraoutsider
janme janmebirth after birth
tumiyou
āmāraMy
sa-vaṁśewith family members
kiṅkaraservant

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: “servant”, “servants”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “bhavānanda”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the Lord’s warm acceptance shape my understanding of service to Him?

Practice

Spend a quiet moment reflecting on the Lord’s words, “you are not an outsider.”

Live this todayThe Lord Accepts His Own ServantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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