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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 12.206

মহাপ্রভু সুখে লঞা সব ভক্তগণ ।

জগন্নাথ-দরশনে করিলা গমন ॥ ২০৬ ॥

mahāprabhu sukhe lañā saba bhakta-gaṇa

jagannātha-daraśane karilā gamana

Translation

On this occasion, greatly happy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took all the devotees with Him and visited the Lord in the temple.

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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.

Visiting the Lord Together in Happiness

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was greatly happy on this occasion.

  2. 2

    He took all the devotees with Him.

  3. 3

    Together they visited the Lord in the temple.

How it feels

Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.

The mood of Madhya 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement. At that time Lord Caitanya was accompanied by all the devotees, and all of them were very pleased.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. sukhein great happiness
  3. lañātaking
  4. sabaall
  5. bhakta-gaṇadevotees
  6. jagannātha-daraśanefor visiting Lord Jagannātha
  7. karilā gamanawent
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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: “together”

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

What stands out to you about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taking all the devotees with Him?

Practice

Invite a fellow devotee to visit the Lord’s temple with you.

Live this todayVisiting the Lord Together in HappinessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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