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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 6.27

তোমার মিলনে যবে আমার হৈল মন ।

দৈবে সেই ক্ষণে পাইলুঁ তোমার দরশন ॥ ২৭ ॥

tomāra milane yabe āmāra haila mana

daive sei kṣaṇe pāiluṅ tomāra daraśana

Translation

“Just as I was thinking of meeting you, by chance we have actually met.

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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.

A Desired Meeting Takes Place

  1. 1

    The speaker had been thinking of meeting the person being addressed.

  2. 2

    They actually met just as this thought was present.

  3. 3

    The speaker described their meeting as happening by chance.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tomāraof you
  2. milanein meeting
  3. yabewhen
  4. āmāraof me
  5. hailathere was
  6. manathe mind
  7. daiveby chance
  8. sei kṣaṇeat that very moment
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do I respond when I unexpectedly meet someone I have wanted to see?

Practice

Tell someone you have been hoping to meet that you have been thinking of seeing them.

Live this todayA Desired Meeting Takes PlaceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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