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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 20.66

প্রভু কহে, — “তোমার দুইভাই প্রয়াগে মিলিলা ।

রূপ, অনুপম — দুঁহে বৃন্দাবন গেলা” ॥ ৬৬ ॥

prabhu kahe, — “tomāra dui-bhāi prayāge mililā

rūpa, anupama — duṅhe vṛndāvana gelā”

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “I met your two brothers, Rūpa and Anupama, at Prayāga. They have now gone to Vṛndāvana.”

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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.

Sharing News of Rūpa and Anupama

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that He had met the two brothers, Rūpa and Anupama.

  2. 2

    He had met them at Prayāga.

  3. 3

    He shared that they had now gone to Vṛndāvana.

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

Further reading

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
  2. tomārayour
  3. dui-bhāitwo brothers
  4. prayāge mililāmet Me at Prayāga
  5. rūpaRūpa Gosvāmī
  6. anupamahis brother Anupama
  7. duṅheboth of them
  8. vṛndāvana gelāhave gone to Vṛndāvana
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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: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can sharing news of loved ones show care?

Practice

Share a brief, accurate update about a loved one with someone who would welcome it.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todaySharing News of Rūpa and AnupamaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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