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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 12.39Madhya 12.41

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.40

তবে রাজা সন্তোষে তাঁহারে আজ্ঞা দিলা ।

আপনি মিলন লাগি’ সাধিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৪০ ॥

tabe rājā santoṣe tāṅhāre ājñā dilā

āpani milana lāgi’ sādhite lāgilā

Translation

When Rāmānanda Rāya requested the King to allow him to stay with the Lord, the King immediately gave him permission with great satisfaction. As for the King himself, he began to solicit Rāmānanda Rāya to make a meeting arrangement.

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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.

Supporting Another’s Wish to Stay with the Lord

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya asked the King to let him stay with the Lord.

  2. 2

    The King immediately granted permission with great satisfaction.

  3. 3

    The King also appealed to Rāmānanda Rāya to arrange a meeting with the Lord 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:

The next day, when Rāmānanda Rāya again entreated Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to see the King, the Lord, denying the request, asked Rāmānanda Rāya to bring the King’s son before Him. The prince visited the Lord dressed like a Vaiṣṇava, and this awakened remembrance of Kṛṣṇa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabeat that time
  2. rājāthe King
  3. santoṣein great satisfaction
  4. tāṅhāreunto Rāmānanda Rāya
  5. ājñā dilāgave the order
  6. āpanipersonally
  7. milana lāgi’to meet
  8. sādhite lāgilābegan to solicit
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I gladly support another person’s devotional wish while honestly expressing my own?

Practice

Offer encouragement to someone making time for devotional life today.

Live this todaySupporting Another’s Wish to Stay with the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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