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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 10.67

নিত্যানন্দ, জগদানন্দ, মুকুন্দ, দামোদর ।

চারিজনে যুক্তি তবে করিলা অন্তর ॥ ৬৭ ॥

nityānanda, jagadānanda, mukunda, dāmodara

cāri-jane yukti tabe karilā antara

Translation

After this, the other devotees — headed by Nityānanda Prabhu, Jagadānanda, Mukunda and Dāmodara — began to consider a certain plan.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Devotees Do Not Reject Him

  1. 1

    Nityānanda Prabhu, Jagadānanda, Mukunda and Dāmodara began to consider a plan. Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa received their mercy.

  2. 2

    Even when someone is rejected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord’s devotees do not reject him. The purport therefore describes the devotees as more merciful than the Lord Himself.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura teaches that one cannot be freed from material clutches without serving pure devotees. The Lord may sometimes be very hard, but His devotees are always kind.

Key points from the purport
  • Even though a person is rejected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotees of the Lord do not reject him; therefore the Lord’s devotees are more merciful than the Lord Himself.
  • Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura thus sings, chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra peyeche kebā: one cannot be relieved from the material clutches without engaging in the service of pure devotees.
  • Thus Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa received the mercy of the four devotees mentioned above.

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

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:

Nityānanda Prabhu sent Kṛṣṇadāsa to Bengal to inform the Navadvīpa devotees about the Lord’s return to Jagannātha Purī. All the devotees of Navadvīpa thus began arranging to come to Jagannātha Purī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nityānandaLord Nityānanda Prabhu
  2. jagadānandaJagadānanda
  3. mukundaMukunda
  4. dāmodaraDāmodara
  5. cāri-janefour persons
  6. yuktiplan
  7. tabethereupon
  8. karilādid
  9. antarawithin the mind
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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: “mercy”, “merciful”

  • 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: “serving”

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 better appreciate the kindness of the Lord’s devotees?

Practice

Offer one small, practical service to a devotee today.

Live this todayThe Devotees Do Not Reject HimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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