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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 6.248

জগদানন্দ দামোদর, — দুই সঙ্গে লঞা ।

ঘরে আইল ভট্টাচার্য জগন্নাথ দেখিয়া ॥ ২৪৮ ॥

jagadānanda dāmodara, — dui saṅge lañā

ghare āila bhaṭṭācārya jagannātha dekhiyā

Translation

After visiting the temple of Lord Jagannātha, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya returned home with Jagadānanda and Dāmodara.

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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.

Visiting Lord Jagannātha’s Temple

  1. 1

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya visited the temple of Lord Jagannātha.

  2. 2

    After the visit, he returned home.

  3. 3

    Jagadānanda and Dāmodara accompanied him home.

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. jagadānandaJagadānanda
  2. dāmodaraDāmodara
  3. duitwo persons
  4. saṅgewith him
  5. lañātaking
  6. ghareto his home
  7. āilareturned
  8. bhaṭṭācāryaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  9. jagannāthaLord Jagannātha
  10. dekhiyāseeing in the temple
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could I make time for a temple visit with others?

Practice

Set aside a time today to visit a temple, or arrange a future visit with a companion.

Live this todayVisiting Lord Jagannātha’s TempleThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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