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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 19.244Madhya 19.246

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.245

রাত্রে তেঁহো স্বপ্ন দেখে, — প্রভু আইলা ঘরে ।

প্রাতঃকালে আসি’ রহে গ্রামের বাহিরে ॥ ২৪৫ ॥

rātre teṅho svapna dekhe, — prabhu āilā ghare

prātaḥ-kāle āsi’ rahe grāmera bāhire

Translation

In a dream Candraśekhara had seen that Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had come to his home; therefore in the morning Candraśekhara went outside the city to receive the Lord.

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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.

Preparing to Receive the Lord

  1. 1

    Candraśekhara saw in a dream that Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had come to his home.

  2. 2

    In the morning, Candraśekhara went outside the city.

  3. 3

    He went there to receive the Lord, acting on what he had seen in his dream.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rātreat night
  2. teṅhohe (Candraśekhara)
  3. svapnaa dream
  4. dekhesaw
  5. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. āilāhas come
  7. ghareto his home
  8. prātaḥ-kālein the morning
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Candraśekhara’s readiness to receive the Lord help you appreciate?

Practice

Read the translation slowly today, noticing Candraśekhara’s readiness to welcome the Lord.

Live this todayPreparing to Receive the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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