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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 20.67

তপনমিশ্রেরে আর চন্দ্রশেখরেরে ।

প্রভু-আজ্ঞায় সনাতন মিলিলা দোঁহারে ॥ ৬৭ ॥

tapana-miśrere āra candraśekharere

prabhu-ājñāya sanātana mililā doṅhāre

Translation

By the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Sanātana Gosvāmī met both Tapana Miśra and Candraśekhara.

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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.

Meeting Others at Mahāprabhu’s Order

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu directed Sanātana Gosvāmī to meet others.

  2. 2

    Following His order, Sanātana Gosvāmī met Tapana Miśra.

  3. 3

    Sanātana Gosvāmī also met Candraśekhara.

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:

For his garment, he used an old cloth of Tapana Miśra’s. Later, he exchanged his valuable blanket for a torn quilt.
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. tapana-miśrereunto Tapana Miśra
  2. āraand
  3. candraśekharereunto Candraśekhara
  4. prabhu-ājñāyaby the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. sanātanaSanātana
  6. mililāmet
  7. doṅhāreboth of them
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about Sanātana Gosvāmī’s response to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s order?

Practice

Read the verse again and identify the action Sanātana Gosvāmī took in obedience.

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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 todayMeeting Others at Mahāprabhu’s OrderThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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