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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 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple
Madhya 12.27Madhya 12.29

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.28

রাজা তোমারে স্নেহ করে, তুমি — স্নেহবশ ।

তাঁর স্নেহে করাবে তাঁরে তোমার পরশ ॥ ২৮ ॥

rājā tomāre sneha kare, tumi — sneha-vaśa

tāṅra snehe karābe tāṅre tomāra paraśa

Translation

“The King is very much attached to You, and You are feeling affection and love toward him. Thus I can understand that by virtue of the King’s affection for You, You will touch him.

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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.

The Lord Responds to Loving Attachment

  1. 1

    The King is very much attached to the Lord.

  2. 2

    The Lord also feels affection and love toward the King.

  3. 3

    Dāmodara understands that the Lord will touch the King by virtue of the King’s affection for Him.

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:

Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and the other devotees informed the Lord about the King’s desire, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would not agree to see him. At that time Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu devised a plan, and He sent a piece of the Lord’s outward garment to the King.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rājāthe King
  2. tomāreYou
  3. sneha kareloves
  4. tumiYou
  5. sneha-vaśacontrolled by love and affection
  6. tāṅrahis
  7. sneheby love
  8. karābewill do
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

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 does this exchange teach me about affection between the Lord and His devotee?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute expressing your affection for the Lord in your own words.

Live this todayThe Lord Responds to Loving AttachmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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