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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 7.88

তবে মহাপ্রভু দ্বার করাইল মোচন ।

আনন্দে আসিয়া লোক পাইল দরশন ॥ ৮৮ ॥

tabe mahāprabhu dvāra karāila mocana

ānande āsiyā loka pāila daraśana

Translation

After lunch, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu made them open the door. In this way everyone received His audience with great pleasure.

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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.

Everyone Joyfully Received His Audience

  1. 1

    After lunch, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had the door opened.

  2. 2

    Everyone was then able to receive His audience.

  3. 3

    They received His audience with great pleasure.

How it feels

Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.

The mood of Madhya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 7: The Lord Begins His Tour of South India

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

While there, He bestowed His causeless mercy upon a brāhmaṇa called Kūrma and cured another brāhmaṇa, named Vāsudeva, who was suffering from leprosy. After curing this brāhmaṇa leper, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received the title Vāsudevāmṛta-prada, meaning “one who delivered nectar to the leper Vāsudeva.”
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethereupon
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. dvārathe door
  4. karāilamade
  5. mocanaopening
  6. ānandein great pleasure
  7. āsiyācoming
  8. lokaall the people
  9. pāilagot
  10. daraśanasight
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches me about everyone’s pleasure in receiving Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s audience?

Practice

Pause over this translation today and reflect on the joy of those who saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayEveryone Joyfully Received His AudienceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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