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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 10.62

ভট্টাচার্য সব লোকে বিদায় করাইল ।

তবে প্রভু কালা-কৃষ্ণদাসে বোলাইল ॥ ৬২ ॥

bhaṭṭācārya saba loke vidāya karāila

tabe prabhu kālā-kṛṣṇadāse bolāila

Translation

Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya then asked all the people to leave. Afterward, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu called for Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa, who had accompanied the Lord during His South Indian tour.

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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.

The Lord Calls for Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa

  1. 1

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya asks all the people to leave.

  2. 2

    Afterward, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu calls for Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa.

  3. 3

    Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa had accompanied the Lord during His South Indian tour.

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:

When the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī from His South Indian tour, He lived at the home of Kāśī Miśra. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya introduced many Vaiṣṇavas to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu after His return.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhaṭṭācāryaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  2. saba lokeall persons
  3. vidāya karāilaasked to leave
  4. tabeat that time
  5. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. kālā-kṛṣṇadāseKālā Kṛṣṇadāsa
  7. bolāilacalled for
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I attentive to the sequence of events before drawing conclusions about a passage?

Practice

Read this translation slowly once, noting who asks the people to leave and who calls for Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa.

Live this todayThe Lord Calls for Kālā KṛṣṇadāsaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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