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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 19.59Madhya 19.61

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.60

ত্রিবেণী-উপর প্রভুর বাসা-ঘর স্থান ।

দুই ভাই বাসা কৈল প্রভু-সন্নিধান ॥ ৬০ ॥

triveṇī-upara prabhura vāsā-ghara sthāna

dui bhāi vāsā kaila prabhu-sannidhāna

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu selected His residence beside the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamunā, a place called Triveṇī. The two brothers — Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Vallabha — selected their residence near the Lord’s.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Brothers Choose to Stay Near the Lord

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu selected His residence beside the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamunā.

  2. 2

    This meeting place of the rivers is called Triveṇī.

  3. 3

    Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Vallabha selected their residence near the Lord’s.

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:

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī deposited ten thousand gold coins with a grocer, and the balance he brought in two boats to a place called Bāklā Candradvīpa. There he divided this money among the brāhmaṇas, Vaiṣṇavas and his relatives, and a portion he kept for emergency measures and personal needs.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. triveṇī-uparaon the bank of the confluence of the Yamunā and the Ganges
  2. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. vāsā-gharaof the residential house
  4. sthānathe place
  5. dui bhāithe two brothers
  6. vāsā kailaresided
  7. prabhu-sannidhānanear Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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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: “yamunā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the brothers’ choice to reside near the Lord?

Practice

Spend a minute today recalling the setting: the Lord beside the two rivers, and the brothers living nearby.

Live this todayThe Brothers Choose to Stay Near the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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