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  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 19.189Madhya 19.191

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.190

সখ্য-ভক্ত — শ্রীদামাদি, পুরে ভীমার্জুন ।

বাৎসল্য-ভক্ত — মাতা পিতা, যত গুরুজন ॥ ১৯০ ॥

sakhya-bhakta — śrīdāmādi, pure bhīmārjuna

vātsalya-bhakta — mātā pitā, yata guru-jana

Translation

“In Vṛndāvana, examples of devotees in fraternity are Śrīdāmā and Sudāmā; in Dvārakā the Lord’s friends are Bhīma and Arjuna; in Vṛndāvana the devotees in parental love are mother Yaśodā and father Nanda Mahārāja, and in Dvārakā the Lord’s parents are Vasudeva and Devakī. There are also other superior persons who are devotees in parental love.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotees in Friendship and Parental Love

  1. 1

    Śrīdāmā and Sudāmā are examples of devotees in fraternity in Vṛndāvana. Bhīma and Arjuna are the Lord’s friends in Dvārakā.

  2. 2

    Mother Yaśodā and father Nanda Mahārāja are devotees in parental love in Vṛndāvana.

  3. 3

    Vasudeva and Devakī are the Lord’s parents in Dvārakā. Other superior persons are also devotees in parental love.

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:

After this, a brāhmaṇa scholar named Raghupati Upādhyāya arrived and discussed Kṛṣṇa consciousness with the Lord. Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sakhya-bhaktadevotees in fraternity
  2. śrīdāmā-ādiŚrīdāmā and others
  3. purein Dvārakā
  4. bhīma-arjunaBhīma and Arjuna
  5. vātsalya-bhaktadevotees in parental love
  6. mātā pitāthe mother and father
  7. yata guru-janaall other similar superior persons
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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”, “nanda”, “yaśodā”

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “fraternity”, “parental”

  • 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

What do these examples help you notice about friendship and parental love as devotional relationships?

Practice

Choose one pair of friends and one pair of parents from the verse, and recall where each belongs.

Live this todayDevotees in Friendship and Parental LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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