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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 4.105

এইমত বৎসর দুই করিল সেবন ।

একদিন পুরী-গোসাঞি দেখিল স্বপন ॥ ১০৫ ॥

ei-mata vatsara dui karila sevana

eka-dina purī-gosāñi dekhila svapana

Translation

In this way the Deity worship in the temple was very gorgeously performed for two years. Then one day Mādhavendra Purī had a dream.

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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.

Gorgeous Worship Continues for Two Years

  1. 1

    The Deity was worshiped in the temple.

  2. 2

    This worship was performed very gorgeously for two years.

  3. 3

    Then one day Mādhavendra Purī had a dream.

How it feels

Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.

The mood of Madhya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service

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

One night the Gopāla Deity again appeared to Mādhavendra Purī in a dream and asked him to go to Jagannātha Purī to collect some sandalwood pulp and smear it on the body of the Deity. Having received this order, Mādhavendra Purī immediately started for Orissa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei-matain this way
  2. vatsarayears
  3. duitwo
  4. karilaperformed
  5. sevanaworship
  6. eka-dinaone day
  7. purī-gosāñiMādhavendra Purī
  8. dekhilasaw
  9. svapanaa dream
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What helps you continue a regular act of Deity worship with care?

Practice

Carry out one small act of Deity worship today with deliberate care.

Live this todayGorgeous Worship Continues for Two YearsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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