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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 16.105

তাঁর ভক্তি দেখি’ প্রভুর তুষ্ট হৈল মন ।

উঠি’ মহাপ্রভু তাঁরে কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ॥ ১০৫ ॥

tāṅra bhakti dekhi’ prabhura tuṣṭa haila mana

uthi’ mahāprabhu tāṅre kailā āliṅgana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased to see the devotion of the King, and He therefore stood up and embraced 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 Is Pleased by Devotion

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the King’s devotion.

  2. 2

    The King’s devotion pleased Him very much.

  3. 3

    The Lord therefore stood up and embraced the King.

How it feels

Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

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

Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava. Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tāṅra bhaktihis devotion
  2. dekhi’seeing
  3. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. tuṣṭapleased
  5. hailawas
  6. manamind
  7. uṭhi’standing up
  8. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  9. tāṅrehim
  10. kailā āliṅganaembraced
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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: “embraced”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the Lord’s response tell you about the value of devotion?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer today with care and devotion.

Live this todayThe Lord Is Pleased by DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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