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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 9.343

সার্বভৌম ভট্টাচার্য আনন্দে চলিলা ।

সমুদ্রের তীরে আসি’ প্রভুরে মিলিলা ॥ ৩৪৩ ॥

sārvabhauma bhaṭṭācārya ānande calilā

samudrera tīre āsi’ prabhure mililā

Translation

Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya also went to see the Lord with great pleasure, and he met Him on the beach by the sea.

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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.

Meeting the Lord with Great Pleasure

  1. 1

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya also went to see the Lord.

  2. 2

    He went with great pleasure.

  3. 3

    He met the Lord on the beach by the sea.

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:

Thus the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India. He finally returned to Jagannātha Purī by taking the same route, after visiting Vidyānagara again.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sārvabhauma bhaṭṭācāryaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  2. ānandein pleasure
  3. calilāwent
  4. samudrera tīreon the beach by the ocean
  5. āsi’coming
  6. prabhure mililāmet the Lord
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s eagerness to see the Lord?

Practice

Pause today to reflect on the pleasure Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya felt in going to see the Lord.

Live this todayMeeting the Lord with Great PleasureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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