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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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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 15: The Lord’s Paugaṇḍa-līlā
Ādi 14.97Ādi 15.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 15.1

কুমনাঃ সুমনস্ত্বং হি যাতি যস্য পদাব্জয়োঃ ।

সুমনোঽর্পণমাত্রেণ তং চৈতন্যপ্রভুং ভজে ॥ ১ ॥

ku-manāḥ su-manastvaṁ hi

yāti yasya padābjayoḥ

su-mano-’rpaṇa-mātreṇa

taṁ caitanya-prabhuṁ bhaje

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya because simply by offering a flower at His lotus feet even the most ardent materialist becomes a devotee.

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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.

A Simple Offering Can Awaken Devotion

  1. 1

    The author offers respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.

  2. 2

    Simply offering a flower at His lotus feet can make a person a devotee.

  3. 3

    Even the most ardent materialist can become a devotee through this offering.

How it feels

Wonder touched by grief. Learning, family duty, the loss of Jagannātha Miśra, and marriage create mixed feeling.

The mood of Ādi 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 15: The Lord’s Paugaṇḍa-līlā

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

A synopsis of the fifteenth chapter is as follows. The Lord took lessons in grammar from Gaṅgādāsa Paṇḍita and became very expert in commenting upon grammar.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ku-manāḥa person interested in activities of material sense enjoyment
  2. su-manastvamthe position of a devotee without material desires
  3. hicertainly
  4. yātigets
  5. yasyawhose
  6. pada-abjayoḥat the lotus feet
  7. su-manaḥa flower
  8. arpaṇaoffering
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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

How does this verse encourage you to make a simple offering to Lord Caitanya?

Practice

Today, offer a flower to Lord Caitanya with respectful obeisances.

Live this todayA Simple Offering Can Awaken DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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