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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 9.322

কতক্ষণে দুই জনা সুস্থির হঞা ।

নানা ইষ্টগোষ্ঠী করে একত্র বসিয়া ॥ ৩২২ ॥

kata-kṣaṇe dui janā susthira hañā

nānā iṣṭa-goṣṭhī kare ekatra vasiyā

Translation

After some time they regained their senses and sat together to discuss various subjects.

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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.

Sitting Together in Conversation

  1. 1

    After some time, they regained their senses.

  2. 2

    They sat together.

  3. 3

    They discussed various subjects; the verse does not specify those subjects.

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 entered Daṇḍakāraṇya and liberated seven palm trees. From there He visited a place known as Pampā-sarovara and visited Pañcavaṭī, Nāsika, Brahmagiri and also the source of the Godāvarī River, Kuśāvarta.
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. kata-kṣaṇeafter some time
  2. duitwo
  3. janāpeople
  4. su-sthira hañācoming to their senses
  5. nānāvarious
  6. iṣṭa-goṣṭhīdiscussions
  7. karedo
  8. ekatratogether
  9. vasiyāsitting
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “discuss”, “discussed”

  • 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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you appreciate about this simple moment of sitting and speaking together?

Practice

Set aside a few quiet minutes today to sit and have an attentive conversation with someone.

Live this todaySitting Together in ConversationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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