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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 19.242

তাঁরে আলিঙ্গিয়া প্রভু নৌকাতে চড়িলা ।

মূর্চ্ছিত হঞা তেঁহো তাহাঞি পড়িলা ॥ ২৪২ ॥

tāṅre āliṅgiyā prabhu naukāte caḍilā

mūrcchita hañā teṅho tāhāñi paḍilā

Translation

After embracing Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu got into a boat. Rūpa Gosvāmī fainted and fell down on the spot.

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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.

An Embrace and Painful Departure

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced Rūpa Gosvāmī.

  2. 2

    After the embrace, the Lord got into a boat.

  3. 3

    Rūpa Gosvāmī fainted and fell down on the spot.

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:

The Lord then sent Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana. The Lord Himself returned to Vārāṇasī and stayed at the home of Candraśekhara.
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. tāṅrehim
  2. āliṅgiyāembracing
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. naukātein a boat
  5. caḍilāgot aboard
  6. mūrcchita hañāfainting
  7. teṅhohe (Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
  8. tāhāñion the spot
  9. paḍilāfell
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “embraced”

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

What does Rūpa Gosvāmī’s response reveal about how deeply the Lord’s departure affected him?

Practice

Read the verse quietly and reflect on the depth of Rūpa Gosvāmī’s feeling.

Live this todayAn Embrace and Painful DepartureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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