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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 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.128Madhya 9.130

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.129

কেহ তাঁরে পুত্র-জ্ঞানে উদুখলে বান্ধে ।

কেহ সখা-জ্ঞানে জিনি’ চড়ে তাঁর কান্ধে ॥ ১২৯ ॥

keha tāṅre putra-jñāne udukhale bāndhe

keha sakhā-jñāne jini’ caḍe tāṅra kāndhe

Translation

“There someone may accept Him as a son and sometimes bind Him to a grinding mortar. Someone else may accept Him as an intimate friend and, attaining victory over Him, playfully mount His shoulders.

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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.

Loving Kṛṣṇa as Son and Friend

  1. 1

    Someone there accepts Kṛṣṇa as a son and sometimes binds Him to a grinding mortar.

  2. 2

    Someone else accepts Him as an intimate friend.

  3. 3

    After gaining victory over Him, a friend may playfully mount His shoulders.

How it feels

Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.

The mood of Madhya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

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

On the hill known as Mahendra-śaila, the Lord saw Paraśurāma. Then the Lord went to Setubandha and took His bath at Dhanus-tīrtha.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kehasomeone
  2. tāṅreHim
  3. putra-jñāneby accepting as a son
  4. udukhaleto a big mortar
  5. bāndheties
  6. kehasomeone
  7. sakhā-jñāneby accepting as a friend
  8. jini’conquering
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do these descriptions show me about intimacy in relationships with Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Choose one of the two relationships described and write a sentence about the closeness it expresses.

Live this todayLoving Kṛṣṇa as Son and FriendThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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