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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 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.217Madhya 25.219

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.218

শেখরের ঘরে বাসা, মিশ্র-ঘরে ভিক্ষা ।

মিশ্রমুখে শুনে — সনাতনে প্রভুর ‘শিক্ষা’ ॥ ২১৮ ॥

śekharera ghare vāsā, miśra-ghare bhikṣā

miśra-mukhe śune sanātane prabhura ‘śikṣā’

Translation

While Rūpa Gosvāmī was staying at Vārāṇasī, he resided at the house of Candraśekhara and took prasādam at the house of Tapana Miśra. In this way he heard of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s instructions to Sanātana Gosvāmī in Vārāṇasī.

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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.

Hearing the Lord’s Instructions Through Others

  1. 1

    While staying at Vārāṇasī, Rūpa Gosvāmī resided at the house of Candraśekhara.

  2. 2

    He took prasādam at the house of Tapana Miśra.

  3. 3

    During this stay, he heard of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s instructions to Sanātana Gosvāmī in Vārāṇasī.

How it feels

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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

Kavirāja Gosvāmī then describes something about Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī and Subuddhi Rāya. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śekharera ghare vāsāresidence in the house of Candraśekhara
  2. miśra-ghare bhikṣāprasādam at the house of Tapana Miśra
  3. miśra-mukhefrom the mouth of Tapana Miśra
  4. śunehears
  5. sanātaneunto Sanātana
  6. prabhura śikṣāinstructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can Rūpa Gosvāmī’s readiness to hear encourage your own study?

Practice

Read this translation aloud once, noting what Rūpa Gosvāmī heard during his stay.

Live this todayHearing the Lord’s Instructions Through OthersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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