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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 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 6.13Madhya 6.15

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.14

এত চিন্তি’ ভট্টাচার্য আছেন বসিয়া ।

নিত্যানন্দাদি সিংহদ্বারে মিলিল আসিয়া ॥ ১৪ ॥

eta cinti’ bhaṭṭācārya āchena vasiyā

nityānandādi siṁha-dvāre milila āsiyā

Translation

While the Bhaṭṭācārya was thinking in this way at his home, all the devotees of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, headed by Nityānanda Prabhu, approached the Siṁha-dvāra [the entrance door of the temple].

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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 Devotees Approach the Temple Entrance

  1. 1

    The Bhaṭṭācārya remained at home, thinking about the Lord’s condition.

  2. 2

    Meanwhile, all the devotees of Caitanya Mahāprabhu approached the Siṁha-dvāra, the temple entrance.

  3. 3

    Nityānanda Prabhu headed the group of devotees.

How it feels

Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.

The mood of Madhya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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

Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees then visited the Jagannātha temple, and when they came back to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to external consciousness. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya received everyone and distributed mahā-prasādam with great care.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eta cinti’thinking like this
  2. bhaṭṭācāryaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  3. āchenawas
  4. vasiyāsitting
  5. nityānanda-ādiall the devotees, headed by Nityānanda Prabhu
  6. siṁha-dvāreat the entrance door of the Jagannātha temple
  7. mililamet
  8. āsiyācoming
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse bring your attention from the Bhaṭṭācārya to the gathered devotees?

Practice

Identify the two locations in the verse and who was at each.

Live this todayThe Devotees Approach the Temple EntranceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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