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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 11.86

এই মুরারি গুপ্ত, ইঁহ পণ্ডিত নারায়ণ ।

হরিদাস ঠাকুর ইঁহ ভুবনপাবন ॥ ৮৬ ॥

ei murāri gupta, iṅha paṇḍita nārāyaṇa

haridāsa ṭhākura iṅha bhuvana-pāvana

Translation

“Here are Murāri Gupta, Paṇḍita Nārāyaṇa and Haridāsa Ṭhākura, the deliverer of the whole universe.

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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.

Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Deliverer of the Universe

  1. 1

    Murāri Gupta is introduced as present.

  2. 2

    Paṇḍita Nārāyaṇa is also identified.

  3. 3

    Haridāsa Ṭhākura is described as the deliverer of the whole universe.

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.
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. eithis
  2. murāri guptaMurāri Gupta
  3. iṅhahere
  4. paṇḍita nārāyaṇaNārāyaṇa Paṇḍita
  5. haridāsa ṭhākuraHaridāsa Ṭhākura
  6. iṅhahere
  7. bhuvana-pāvanadeliverer of the whole universe
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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: “deliverer”

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “haridāsa”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What appreciation arises when you read the description of Haridāsa Ṭhākura?

Practice

Pause for a moment over the words “the deliverer of the whole universe,” remembering Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

Live this todayHaridāsa Ṭhākura, Deliverer of the UniverseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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