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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 Ādi 12.42

যে দণ্ড পাইল শ্রীশচী ভাগ্যবতী ।

সে দণ্ড প্রসাদ অন্য লোক পাবে কতি ॥ ৪২ ॥

ye daṇḍa pāila śrī-śacī bhāgyavatī

se daṇḍa prasāda anya loka pābe kati

Translation

“A similar punishment was awarded to mother Śacīdevī. Who could be more fortunate than she to receive such punishment?”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Respectfully Making Amends for an Offense

  1. 1

    The translation describes mother Śacīdevī as fortunate to receive the Lord’s punishment.

  2. 2

    Śacīdevī accused Advaita Prabhu of encouraging her son to become a sannyāsī. Caitanya Mahāprabhu took this accusation as an offense.

  3. 3

    The Lord asked Śacīdevī to touch the lotus feet of Advaita Ācārya to mitigate the offense she had supposedly committed.

Key points from the purport
  • Mother Śacīdevī was similarly punished, as mentioned in the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter twenty-two.
  • Mother Śacīdevī, apparently showing her feminine nature, accused Advaita Prabhu of encouraging her son to become a sannyāsī.
  • Caitanya Mahāprabhu, taking this accusation as an offense, asked Śacīdevī to touch the lotus feet of Advaita Ācārya to mitigate the offense she had supposedly committed.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.

The mood of Ādi 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 12: The Expansions of Advaita Ācārya and Gadādhara Paṇḍita

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

This chapter also includes narrations concerning the son of Advaita Ācārya named Gopāla Miśra and Advaita Ācārya’s servant named Kamalākānta Viśvāsa. In his early life Gopāla fainted during the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā-mandira at Jagannātha Purī and thus became a recipient of the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ye daṇḍathe punishment
  2. pāilagot
  3. śrī-śacī bhāgyavatīthe most fortunate mother Śacīdevī
  4. se daṇḍathe same punishment
  5. prasādafavor
  6. anyaother
  7. lokaperson
  8. pābecan get
  9. katihow
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

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

Am I willing to offer respect and make amends when my words offend someone?

Practice

If you have made an unfair accusation, offer a sincere apology today.

Live this todayRespectfully Making Amends for an OffenseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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