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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 6.21 Madhya 6.23

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.22

নিত্যানন্দ-গোসাঞিকে আচার্য কৈল নমস্কার ।

সবে মেলি’ পুছে প্রভুর বার্তা বার বার ॥ ২২ ॥

nityānanda-gosāñike ācārya kaila namaskāra

sabe meli’ puche prabhura vārtā bāra bāra

Translation

As soon as Gopīnātha Ācārya saw Nityānanda Prabhu, he offered his obeisances unto Him. In this way, meeting all the devotees, he asked about news of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu again and again.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Respect and Eagerness for the Lord’s News

1
As soon as Gopīnātha Ācārya saw Nityānanda Prabhu, he offered Him obeisances.
2
Gopīnātha Ācārya met all the devotees.
3
He asked about news of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu again and again.

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

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.

nityānanda-gosāñikeunto Lord Nityānanda Prabhu
ācāryaGopīnātha Ācārya
kaila namaskāraoffered obeisances
sabe meli’meeting them all
pucheinquires
prabhuraof Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
vārtānews
bāra bāraagain and again

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I feel eager to hear about Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Ask someone studying Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to share something they have read about Him.

Live this todayRespect and Eagerness for the Lord’s NewsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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