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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 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla
Madhya 5.155Madhya 5.157

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.156

এত শুনি’ প্রভু আগে চলিলা শীঘ্রগতি ।

বুঝিতে না পারে কেহ দুই প্রভুর মতি ॥ ১৫৬ ॥

eta śuni’ prabhu āge calilā śīghra-gati

bujhite nā pāre keha dui prabhura mati

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then began to walk very swiftly before all the other devotees. No one could understand the real purpose of the two Lords, Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu.

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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 Two Lords’ Purpose Remains Hidden

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began walking very swiftly.

  2. 2

    He walked ahead of all the other devotees.

  3. 3

    No one could understand the real purpose of the two Lords, Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu.

How it feels

Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.

The mood of Madhya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla

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

However, Nityānanda Prabhu broke the staff into three pieces and threw it into the Bhārgī River at a place known as Āṭhāranālā. Being angry at not getting His staff back, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left the company of Nityānanda Prabhu and went alone to see the Jagannātha temple.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eta śuni’hearing this
  2. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. āgein front of the other devotees
  4. calilābegan to go
  5. śīghra-gativery swiftly
  6. bujhiteto understand
  7. nānot
  8. pāreable
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do you respond when the Lord’s purpose is not clear to you?

Practice

Pause over this translation and acknowledge one thing about the two Lords’ purpose that you do not understand.

Live this todayThe Two Lords’ Purpose Remains HiddenThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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