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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 25.60Madhya 25.62

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.61

পথে সেই বিপ্র সব বৃত্তান্ত কহিল ।

শুনি’ মহাপ্রভু সুখে ঈষৎ হাসিল ॥ ৬১ ॥

pathe sei vipra saba vṛttānta kahila

śuni’ mahāprabhu sukhe īṣat hāsila

Translation

While the Lord was on His way, the Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa informed Him about the incident that took place in the camp of Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī. Hearing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smiled happily.

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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.

The Lord Happily Hears the News

  1. 1

    The Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa spoke to the Lord while He was on His way to the temple.

  2. 2

    He reported the incident that had taken place in the camp of Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī.

  3. 3

    On hearing the report, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smiled happily. The brāhmaṇa’s joyful news was met with the Lord’s happy response.

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:

A Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa who was living in Benares was a great devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He was always very happy to hear the glories of the Lord, and it was by his arrangement that all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. patheon the way
  2. sei viprathat brāhmaṇa
  3. saba vṛttānta kahilaexplained the whole incident
  4. śuni’hearing
  5. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. sukhein happiness
  7. īṣatmildly
  8. hāsilasmiled
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How attentively do I receive another person’s joyful spiritual news?

Practice

Give someone your full attention today when they share something spiritually meaningful.

Live this todayThe Lord Happily Hears the NewsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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