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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.53Madhya 8.55

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.54

প্রভু যাই’ সেই বিপ্ৰঘরে ভিক্ষা কৈল ।

দুই জনার উৎকণ্ঠায় আসি’ সন্ধ্যা হৈল ॥ ৫৪ ॥

prabhu yāi’ sei vipra-ghare bhikṣā kaila

dui janāra utkanṭḥāya āsi’ sandhyā haila

Translation

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then went to the house of the brāhmaṇa who had invited Him and took His lunch there. When the evening of that day arrived, both Rāmānanda Rāya and the Lord were eager to meet each other again.

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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.

Eager to Meet Again

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the house of the brāhmaṇa who had invited Him.

  2. 2

    The Lord took His lunch there.

  3. 3

    By evening, both Rāmānanda Rāya and the Lord were eager to meet each other again.

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:

In the evening, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used to come to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Rāmānanda Rāya, who was clothed in ordinary dress, offered the Lord respectful obeisances.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. yāi’going
  3. seithat
  4. vipra-ghareto the house of the brāhmaṇa
  5. bhikṣālunch
  6. kailaaccepted
  7. duitwo
  8. janāraof the persons
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I look forward to devotional company with eagerness?

Practice

Set a time today to meet again with someone whose devotional company you value.

Live this todayEager to Meet AgainThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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