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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 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth
Ādi 16.96Ādi 16.98

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.97

বস্তুতঃ সরস্বতী অশুদ্ধ শ্লোক করাইল ।

বিচার–সময় তাঁর বুদ্ধি আচ্ছাদিল ॥ ৯৭ ॥

vastutaḥ sarasvatī aśuddha śloka karāila

vicāra-samaya tāṅra buddhi ācchādila

Translation

Sarasvatī had in fact induced the champion to compose his verse in an impure way. Furthermore, when it was discussed she covered his intelligence, and thus the Lord’s intelligence was triumphant.

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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.

The Lord’s Intelligence Is Triumphant

  1. 1

    Sarasvatī induced the champion to compose his verse in an impure way.

  2. 2

    When the verse was discussed, she covered the champion’s intelligence.

  3. 3

    Thus the Lord’s intelligence was triumphant.

How it feels

Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.

The mood of Ādi 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth

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

In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita. Later the Kāśmīrī Paṇḍita, who was known to have been victorious all over the country, submitted himself to the goddess of learning, and by her order he met Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the morning of the next day and surrendered unto Him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vastutaḥin fact
  2. sarasvatīmother Sarasvatī
  3. aśuddhaimpure
  4. ślokaverse
  5. karāilacaused him to compose
  6. vicāra-samayaat the time of reviewing
  7. tāṅrahis
  8. buddhiintelligence
  9. ācchādilacovered
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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: “discussed”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this account help me reflect on the limits of my own intelligence?

Practice

Today, pause before relying on your own cleverness and remember the triumph of the Lord’s intelligence.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Intelligence Is TriumphantThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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