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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 6.239

আর দিন ভট্টাচার্য আইলা দর্শনে ।

জগন্নাথ না দেখি’ আইলা প্রভুস্থানে ॥ ২৩৯ ॥

āra dina bhaṭṭācārya āilā darśane

jagannātha nā dekhi’ āilā prabhu-sthāne

Translation

The next day, the Bhaṭṭācārya went to visit the temple of Lord Jagannātha, but before he reached the temple, he went to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Visit Caitanya Mahāprabhu

  1. 1

    The next day, the Bhaṭṭācārya went to visit the temple of Lord Jagannātha.

  2. 2

    Before reaching the temple, he went to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    His visit to Caitanya Mahāprabhu thus came before his arrival at Lord Jagannātha’s temple.

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:

One morning after this incident, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received some prasādam from Jagannātha and offered it to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. Without caring for formality, the Bhaṭṭācārya immediately partook of the mahā-prasādam.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āra dinathe next day
  2. bhaṭṭācāryaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  3. āilācame
  4. darśaneto see Lord Jagannātha
  5. jagannāthaLord Jagannātha
  6. nā dekhi’without seeing
  7. āilācame
  8. prabhu-sthāneto the place of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place do visits for devotion have in my day?

Practice

Set aside a moment today to plan a visit to a temple.

Live this todayVisit Caitanya MahāprabhuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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