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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 6.60

তোমার সঙ্গ লাগি’ মোর ইহাঁ আগমন ।

সর্বপ্রকারে করিবে আমায় পালন ॥ ৬০ ॥

tomāra saṅga lāgi’ mora ihāṅ āgamana

sarva-prakāre karibe āmāya pālana

Translation

“I have come here only to associate with you, and I am now taking shelter of you. Will you kindly maintain Me in all respects?

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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.

Seek Association and Humbly Request Care

  1. 1

    The speaker says that He has come only to associate with the person He addresses.

  2. 2

    He declares that He is now taking shelter of him.

  3. 3

    He kindly asks to be maintained in all respects.

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:

However, Gopīnātha Ācārya convinced Sārvabhauma that no one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead without being favored by Him. He proved by śāstric quotation, quotations from the revealed scriptures, that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Kṛṣṇa Himself in person.
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. tomārayour
  2. saṅgaassociation
  3. lāgi’for the sake of
  4. moraMy
  5. ihāṅhere
  6. āgamanaarrival
  7. sarva-prakārein all respects
  8. karibeyou will do
  9. āmāyaunto Me
  10. pālanamaintaining
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associate”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “shelter”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can you ask for needed care with openness and humility?

Practice

Make one small, courteous request for support from someone whose association you value.

Live this todaySeek Association and Humbly Request CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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