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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 12.65

তবে মহাপ্রভু তাঁরে ধৈর্য করাইল ।

নিত্য আসি’ আমায় মিলিহ — এই আজ্ঞা দিল ॥ ৬৫ ॥

tabe mahāprabhu tāṅre dhairya karāila

nitya āsi’ āmāya miliha — ei ājñā dila

Translation

At that time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu calmed the youth and ordered him to come there daily to meet 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 Calms and Welcomes the Youth

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu calmed the youth.

  2. 2

    He ordered the youth to come there daily.

  3. 3

    These daily visits would give the youth the opportunity to meet 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:

At that time Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu devised a plan, and He sent a piece of the Lord’s outward garment to the King. 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabeat that time
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. tāṅrethe boy
  4. dhairyapatient
  5. karāilacaused to be
  6. nityadaily
  7. āsi’coming
  8. āmāyaMe
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about the Lord both calming the youth and calling him to return?

Practice

Read this translation slowly today, pausing over the Lord’s invitation to meet Him daily.

Live this todayThe Lord Calms and Welcomes the YouthThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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