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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 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana
Madhya 18.131Madhya 18.133

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.132

অবসর না পায় লোক নিমন্ত্রণ দিতে ।

সেই বিপ্রে সাধে লোক নিমন্ত্রণ নিতে ॥ ১৩২ ॥

avasara nā pāya loka nimantraṇa dite

sei vipre sādhe loka nimantraṇa nite

Translation

Since not everyone got an opportunity to offer invitations to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally, those who did not requested the Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇa to ask the Lord to accept their invitations.

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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.

Seeking Help to Invite the Lord

  1. 1

    Not everyone had an opportunity to invite Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally.

  2. 2

    Those who lacked that opportunity approached the Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇa.

  3. 3

    They asked him to request that the Lord accept their invitations.

How it feels

Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.

The mood of Madhya 18 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana

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

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time. Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya decided to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prayāga after visiting the holy place known as Soro-kṣetra.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. avasara nā pāyado not get the opportunity
  2. lokapeople
  3. nimantraṇa diteto offer invitations
  4. sei vipreunto that brāhmaṇa
  5. sādherequest
  6. lokapeople
  7. nimantraṇa niteto accept the invitation
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to ask for help when I cannot offer an invitation personally?

Practice

Recall one invitation you have been unable to convey, and consider asking someone to help deliver it.

Live this todaySeeking Help to Invite the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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