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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 19.123

মহাপ্ৰভুর যত বড় বড় ভক্ত মাত্র ।

রূপ-সনাতন — সবার কৃপা-গৌরব-পাত্র ॥ ১২৩ ॥

mahāprabhura yata baḍa baḍa bhakta mātra

rūpa-sanātana — sabāra kṛpā-gaurava-pātra

Translation

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī were the objects of love and honor for all the great stalwart devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rūpa and Sanātana Receive Love and Honor

  1. 1

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī were objects of love for the Lord’s devotees.

  2. 2

    They were honored as well as loved.

  3. 3

    All the great stalwart devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu held them in this regard.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mahāprabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. yataall
  3. baḍa baḍagreat, great
  4. bhaktadevotees
  5. mātraup to
  6. rūpa-sanātanaŚrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī
  7. sabāraof everyone
  8. kṛpāof the mercy
  9. gauravaand honor
  10. pātraobjects
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the love and honor shown by these devotees shape my regard for Rūpa and Sanātana?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, giving attention to both “love” and “honor.”

Live this todayRūpa and Sanātana Receive Love and HonorThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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