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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 16.151

প্রভু বিদায় দিল, রায় যায় তাঁর সনে ।

কৃষ্ণকথা রামানন্দ-সনে রাত্রি-দিনে ॥ ১৫১ ॥

prabhu vidāya dila, rāya yāya tāṅra sane

kṛṣṇa-kathā rāmānanda-sane rātri-dine

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade farewell to the officers, and Rāya Rāmānanda continued on with the Lord. The Lord talked to Rāmānanda Rāya about Śrī Kṛṣṇa day and night.

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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.

Speaking About Śrī Kṛṣṇa Day and Night

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade farewell to the government officers.

  2. 2

    Rāya Rāmānanda continued traveling with the Lord.

  3. 3

    The Lord talked with Rāmānanda Rāya about Śrī Kṛṣṇa day and night.

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:

When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.
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. prabhu vidāya dilathe Lord bade them farewell
  2. rāyaRāmānanda Rāya
  3. yāyagoes
  4. tāṅra sanewith Him
  5. kṛṣṇa-kathādiscussion of topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  6. rāmānanda-sanewith Rāmānanda
  7. rātri-dineday and night
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could you make more room for conversation about Śrī Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Spend a few minutes today speaking with someone about Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todaySpeaking About Śrī Kṛṣṇa Day and NightThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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