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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 11.72Madhya 11.74

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.73

এত বলি’ তিন জন অট্টালিকায় চড়িল ।

হেনকালে বৈষ্ণব সব নিকটে আইল ॥ ৭৩ ॥

eta bali’ tina jana aṭṭālikāya caḍila

hena-kāle vaiṣṇava saba nikaṭe āila

Translation

After Sārvabhauma said this, he went up to the top of the palace with the King and Gopīnātha Ācārya. At this time all the Vaiṣṇava devotees from Bengal drew closer to the palace.

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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.

Coming Together to See the Devotees

  1. 1

    After speaking, Sārvabhauma went up to the top of the palace.

  2. 2

    The King and Gopīnātha Ācārya went with him.

  3. 3

    At that time, all the Vaiṣṇava devotees from Bengal drew closer to the palace.

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:

Later, when the devotees from Bengal came to see Him, He returned to Jagannātha Purī. While Advaita Ācārya and the other devotees were coming to Jagannātha Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s two personal assistants, went to receive all the devotees with garlands.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eta bali’saying this
  2. tina janathe three persons (namely, the King, Gopīnātha Ācārya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya)
  3. aṭṭālikāyaon the roof of the palace
  4. caḍilawent up
  5. hena-kāleat this time
  6. vaiṣṇavathe Vaiṣṇava devotees
  7. sabaall
  8. nikaṭenearby
  9. āilacame
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīnātha”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to make time to be present when devotees arrive?

Practice

Make a little time today to be present for an arriving devotee.

Live this todayComing Together to See the DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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