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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 11.122Madhya 11.124

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.123

এত বলি’ বিদায় দিল সেই দুই-জনে ।

সার্বভৌম দেখিতে আইল বৈষ্ণব-মিলনে ॥ ১২৩ ॥

eta bali’ vidāya dila sei dui-jane

sārvabhauma dekhite āila vaiṣṇava-milane

Translation

Saying this, the King gave them permission to leave. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya also went to see the assembly of all the Vaiṣṇavas.

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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.

Going to See the Vaiṣṇava Assembly

  1. 1

    The King gave them permission to leave.

  2. 2

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya also went to see the Vaiṣṇavas.

  3. 3

    The Vaiṣṇavas were gathered together in an assembly.

How it feels

Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.

The mood of Madhya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

Gopīnātha Ācārya stood on the roof with the King, and, following Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s instructions, identified each and every devotee. The King discussed the devotees with Gopīnātha Ācārya, and he mentioned that the devotees were accepting prasādam without observing the regulative principles governing pilgrimages.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eta bali’saying this
  2. vidāya dilagranted permission to go
  3. sei dui-janeto those two persons
  4. sārvabhaumaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  5. dekhiteto see
  6. āilacame
  7. vaiṣṇava-milanein the meeting of all the Vaiṣṇavas
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gathered”, “together”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I make time to be present when devotees gather?

Practice

Set aside a time today to attend an upcoming gathering of devotees.

Live this todayGoing to See the Vaiṣṇava AssemblyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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