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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 8.29

সুস্থ হঞা দুঁহে সেই স্থানেতে বসিলা ।

তবে হাসি’ মহাপ্রভু কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ২৯ ॥

sustha hañā duṅhe sei sthānete vasilā

tabe hāsi’ mahāprabhu kahite lāgilā

Translation

When they regained their sanity, they both sat down, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smiled and began to speak as follows.

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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 Smile Opens the Conversation

  1. 1

    Both regained their sanity.

  2. 2

    They then sat down together.

  3. 3

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smiled and began to speak.

How it feels

Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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

After introducing himself, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to remain in the village for some days. Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. su-stha hañābecoming steady
  2. duṅheboth of them
  3. seithat
  4. sthānetein the place
  5. vasilāsat down
  6. tabethen
  7. hāsi’smiling
  8. mahāprabhuCaitanya Mahāprabhu
  9. kahiteto speak
  10. lāgilābegan
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “together”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What warmth do you notice in the way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu begins speaking?

Practice

Begin one conversation today with a gentle smile.

Live this todayA Smile Opens the ConversationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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