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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 6.64

গোপীনাথাচার্যকে কহে সার্বভৌম ।

‘তুমি গোসাঞিরে লঞা করাইহ দরশন ॥ ৬৪ ॥

gopīnāthācāryake kahe sārvabhauma

‘tumi gosāñire lañā karāiha daraśana

Translation

Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya then told Gopīnātha Ācārya, “Take Gosvāmījī and show Him Lord Jagannātha.

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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.

Help Another Person See Lord Jagannātha

  1. 1

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya gives an instruction to Gopīnātha Ācārya.

  2. 2

    He asks him to take Gosvāmījī with him.

  3. 3

    The purpose is to show Him Lord Jagannātha.

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:

Still, Sārvabhauma did not take these statements very seriously. Hearing all these arguments, Caitanya Mahāprabhu told His devotees that Sārvabhauma was His spiritual master and that whatever he said out of affection was for everyone’s benefit.
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. gopīnātha-ācāryaketo Gopīnātha Ācārya
  2. kahesays
  3. sārvabhaumaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  4. tumiyou
  5. gosāñireLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. lañātaking
  7. karāihamake Him do
  8. daraśanaseeing of Lord Jagannātha
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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

How could you help someone who would like to see Lord Jagannātha?

Practice

Offer to help arrange a visit for someone who wishes to see Lord Jagannātha.

Live this todayHelp Another Person See Lord JagannāthaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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