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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 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
Madhya 19.117Madhya 19.119

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.118

শিবানন্দ-সেনের পুত্র ‘কবিকর্ণপূর’ ।

‘রূপের মিলন’ স্ব-গ্রন্থে লিখিয়াছেন প্রচুর ॥ ১১৮ ॥

śivānanda-senera putra ‘kavi-karṇapūra’

‘rūpera milana’ sva-granthe likhiyāchena pracura

Translation

In his book Caitanya-candrodaya, Kavi-karṇapūra, the son of Śivānanda Sena, has elaborately described the meeting between Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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 Meeting Described in Caitanya-candrodaya

  1. 1

    Kavi-karṇapūra is the son of Śivānanda Sena.

  2. 2

    He wrote the book Caitanya-candrodaya.

  3. 3

    In that book, he elaborately described the meeting between Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

How it feels

Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.

The mood of Madhya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

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

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Vṛndāvana through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa, Rūpa Gosvāmī left home and sent news to Sanātana that he was leaving with his younger brother (Anupama Mallika) to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī finally reached Prayāga and met with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for ten successive days.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śivānanda-seneraof Śivānanda Sena
  2. putrathe son
  3. kavi-karṇapūraKavi-karṇapūra
  4. rūpera milanaof the meeting with Rūpa Gosvāmī
  5. sva-granthein his own book
  6. likhiyāchena pracurahas written profusely
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would you like to understand more fully about this meeting?

Practice

Note the name Caitanya-candrodaya and its author as the source of an elaborate description of this meeting.

Live this todayThe Meeting Described in Caitanya-candrodayaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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