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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 11.182

মহাপ্রভু কহে, — শুন, সর্ব বৈষ্ণবগণ ।

নিজ-নিজ-বাসা সবে করহ গমন ॥ ১৮২ ॥

mahāprabhu kahe, — śuna, sarva vaiṣṇava-gaṇa

nija-nija-vāsā sabe karaha gamana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then addressed all the Vaiṣṇavas and requested that they listen to Him. He said, “Now you can go to your respective residential quarters.

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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.

Listening to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed all the Vaiṣṇavas.

  2. 2

    He requested that they listen to Him.

  3. 3

    He told them they could now go to their respective residential quarters.

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:

After Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya had explained to the King why the devotees had apparently violated the scriptural injunctions for visiting a place of pilgrimage, the King arranged residential quarters for all the devotees and saw to their prasādam. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu talked very happily with Vāsudeva Datta and other devotees.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mahāprabhu kaheLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
  2. śunakindly listen
  3. sarva vaiṣṇava-gaṇaall Vaiṣṇavas
  4. nija-nija-vāsāto the respective residential quarters
  5. sabeall of you
  6. karahamake
  7. gamanadeparture
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you give more attention when someone offers you guidance?

Practice

Read Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s request slowly, giving each word your attention.

Live this todayListening to Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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