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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 19.62

তেঁহো দণ্ডবৎ কৈল, প্রভু কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ।

দুই জনে কৃষ্ণকথা হৈল কতক্ষণ ॥ ৬২ ॥

teṅho daṇḍavat kaila, prabhu kailā āliṅgana

dui jane kṛṣṇa-kathā haila kata-kṣaṇa

Translation

Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya offered Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu his obeisances, and the Lord embraced him. After that, they discussed topics about Kṛṣṇa for some time.

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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.

Respectful Meeting and Discussion About Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya offered Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu his obeisances.

  2. 2

    The Lord embraced him.

  3. 3

    They then spent some time discussing topics about Kṛṣṇa.

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:

He was informed that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was going to Vṛndāvana from Jagannātha Purī through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand); therefore he sent two people to Jagannātha Purī to find out when the Lord would leave for Vṛndāvana. In this way Rūpa Gosvāmī retired, but Sanātana Gosvāmī told the Nawab that he was sick and could not attend to his work.
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. teṅhohe
  2. daṇḍavatobeisances
  3. kailamade
  4. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. kailādid
  6. āliṅganaembracing
  7. dui janebetween the two of them
  8. kṛṣṇa-kathātopics about Lord Kṛṣṇa
  9. hailathere were
  10. kata-kṣaṇafor some time
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “discussed”, “discussing”

  • 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”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “offered”

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

How could you make room for a warm, respectful conversation about Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Share one thought about Kṛṣṇa with someone today, keeping the exchange respectful and warm.

Live this todayRespectful Meeting and Discussion About KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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