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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 6.77

শুনি’ গোপীনাথ-মুকুন্দ দুঁহে দুঃখী হৈলা ।

গোপীনাথাচার্য কিছু কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৭৭ ॥

śuni’ gopīnātha-mukunda duṅhe duḥkhī hailā

gopīnāthācārya kichu kahite lāgilā

Translation

Gopīnātha Ācārya and Mukunda Datta became very unhappy when they heard this. Gopīnātha Ācārya therefore addressed Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya as follows.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Unhappiness Leads Gopīnātha Ācārya to Speak

  1. 1

    Gopīnātha Ācārya became very unhappy at what he heard.

  2. 2

    Mukunda Datta also became very unhappy. The translation records their shared response.

  3. 3

    Gopīnātha Ācārya then addressed Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. His unhappiness led him to speak.

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:

Meanwhile, Gopīnātha Ācārya, the brother-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, met Mukunda Datta and talked to him about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s acceptance of sannyāsa and His journey to Jagannātha Purī. After hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s fainting and His being carried to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, people crowded there to see the Lord.
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. śuni’hearing
  2. gopīnātha-mukundaGopīnātha Ācārya and Mukunda Datta
  3. duṅheboth
  4. duḥkhīunhappy
  5. hailābecame
  6. gopīnātha-ācāryaGopīnātha Ācārya
  7. kichusomething
  8. kahiteto speak
  9. lāgilābegan
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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

What do I notice about Gopīnātha Ācārya’s movement from feeling unhappy to addressing the speaker?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, noting the two people who felt unhappy and the one who spoke.

Live this todayUnhappiness Leads Gopīnātha Ācārya to SpeakThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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