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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 17.4

“মোর সহায় কর যদি, তুমি-দুই জন ।

তবে আমি যাঞা দেখি শ্রীবৃন্দাবন ॥ ৪ ॥

“mora sahāya kara yadi, tumi-dui jana

tabe āmi yāñā dekhi śrī-vṛndāvana

Translation

The Lord requested Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī to help Him go to Vṛndāvana.

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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 Requests Help

  1. 1

    The Lord wished to go to Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    He requested help with this journey.

  3. 3

    He addressed His request to Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.

How it feels

Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.

The mood of Madhya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

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

Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī selected a brāhmaṇa named Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya to personally assist Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Early in the morning before sunrise, the Lord started for the town of Kaṭaka (Cuttack).
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. moraof Me
  2. sahāyahelp
  3. karayou do
  4. yadiif
  5. tumiyou
  6. dui janatwo persons
  7. tabethen
  8. āmiI
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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

Are you willing to ask for help when you need it?

Practice

Ask someone for one specific piece of help with a plan today.

Live this todayThe Lord Requests HelpThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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