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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 9.330

রামানন্দ কহে, — প্রভু, তোমার আজ্ঞা পাঞা ।

রাজাকে লিখিলুঁ আমি বিনয় করিয়া ॥ ৩৩০ ॥

rāmānanda kahe, — prabhu, tomāra ājñā pāñā

rājāke likhiluṅ āmi vinaya kariyā

Translation

Rāmānanda Rāya said, “My dear Lord, with Your permission I have already written a letter to the King with great humility.

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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.

Writing With Permission and Humility

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya addressed the Lord as “My dear Lord.”

  2. 2

    With the Lord’s permission, he had already written a letter to the King.

  3. 3

    He wrote the letter with great humility.

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 went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. The Lord then visited the Tāpī River, Māhiṣmatī-pura, the Narmadā River and Ṛṣyamūka-parvata.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rāmānanda kaheRāmānanda Rāya said
  2. prabhumy dear Lord
  3. tomāra ājñāYour permission
  4. pāñāgetting
  5. rājāke likhiluṅhave written a letter to the King
  6. āmiI
  7. vinaya kariyāwith great humility
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “humility”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might humility shape a message you need to write?

Practice

Before sending one message today, revise its wording to express greater humility.

Live this todayWriting With Permission and HumilityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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