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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 9.207

শুনিঞা প্রভুর আনন্দিত হৈল মন ।

রামদাস-বিপ্রের কথা হইল স্মরণ ॥ ২০৭ ॥

śuniñā prabhura ānandita haila mana

rāmadāsa-viprera kathā ha-ila smaraṇa

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard this story, He was very pleased, and He remembered the words of Rāmadāsa Vipra.

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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.

Hearing Awakens Joy and Remembrance

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard this story.

  2. 2

    Hearing it, He was very pleased.

  3. 3

    He remembered the words of Rāmadāsa Vipra.

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:

He then visited Payasvinī, Śṛṅgavera-purī-maṭha and Matsya-tīrtha. At the village of Uḍupī He saw the Gopāla Deity installed by Śrī Madhvācārya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śuniñāhearing
  2. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. ānanditavery pleased
  4. hailabecame
  5. manathe mind
  6. rāmadāsa-vipreraof the brāhmaṇa known as Rāmadāsa
  7. kathāwords
  8. ha-ila smaraṇaHe remembered
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What two responses to hearing the story are described here?

Practice

Pause over the translation and name Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's feeling and what He remembered.

Live this todayHearing Awakens Joy and RemembranceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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