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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Madhya 20.50 Madhya 20.52

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.51

তাঁহারে অঙ্গনে দেখি’ প্রভু ধাঞা আইলা ।

তাঁরে আলিঙ্গন করি’ প্রেমাবিষ্ট হৈলা ॥ ৫১ ॥

tāṅhāre aṅgane dekhi’ prabhu dhāñā āilā

tāṅre āliṅgana kari’ premāviṣṭa hailā

Translation

As soon as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Sanātana Gosvāmī in the courtyard, He immediately went up to him with great haste. After embracing him, the Lord was overwhelmed with ecstatic love.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Eager, Loving Embrace

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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Sanātana Gosvāmī in the courtyard.
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The Lord immediately went up to him with great haste and embraced him.
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After embracing Sanātana Gosvāmī, the Lord was overwhelmed with ecstatic love.

How it feels

Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.

The mood of Madhya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī was imprisoned by Nawab Hussain Shah, he received news from Rūpa Gosvāmī that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had gone to Mathurā. Sanātana Gosvāmī thereafter satisfied the superintendent of the jail by sweet solicitations and bribery.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

tāṅhārehim
aṅganein the courtyard
dekhi’seeing
prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
dhāñā āilācame to see him with great haste
tāṅrehim
āliṅgana kari’embracing
prema-āviṣṭa hailābecame overwhelmed with ecstatic love

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “ecstatic love”
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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the Lord’s haste to embrace Sanātana Gosvāmī help you appreciate about His affection?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the Lord eagerly approaching and embracing Sanātana Gosvāmī.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Eager, Loving EmbraceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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