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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 17.10

শচীকে প্রেমদান, তবে অদ্বৈত–মিলন ।

অদ্বৈত পাইল বিশ্বরূপ–দরশন ॥ ১০ ॥

śacīke prema-dāna, tabe advaita-milana

advaita pāila viśvarūpa-daraśana

Translation

Thereafter the Lord delivered love of Kṛṣṇa to His mother, Śacīdevī, nullifying her offense at the feet of Advaita Ācārya. Thus there was a meeting with Advaita Ācārya, who later had a vision of the Lord’s universal form.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Avoid Offenses to Vaiṣṇavas

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that His mother’s offense at the lotus feet of Advaita Ācārya had to be nullified before she could achieve love of Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Following the Lord’s instruction, Śacīdevī touched Advaita Ācārya’s lotus feet. The Lord was pleased and declared that her offense was rectified.

  3. 3

    Even someone very advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness will find that advancement does not bear fruit if they offend a Vaiṣṇava. We should therefore be very cautious not to commit such offenses.

Key points from the purport
  • One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was sitting on the throne of Viṣṇu in the house of Śrīvāsa Prabhu, and in a mood of His own He said, “My mother has offended the lotus feet of Advaita Ācārya.
  • While coming to see the Lord, Advaita Ācārya was glorifying the characteristics of mother Śacīdevī, and thus upon arriving He fell down on the ground in ecstasy.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very much pleased by His mother’s action, and He said, “Now My mother’s offense at the lotus feet of Advaita Ācārya has been rectified, and she may have love of Kṛṣṇa without difficulty.”

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

Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.

The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

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

Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of mother Yaśodā, Lord Kṛṣṇa, tasted four transcendental mellows of devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of mother Śacī. To understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love for Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śacīkeunto mother Śacīdevī
  2. prema-dānagiving love of Godhead
  3. tabethereafter
  4. advaitawith Advaita Ācārya
  5. milanameeting
  6. advaitaAdvaita Ācārya
  7. pāilareceived
  8. viśva-rūpaof the universal form of the Lord
  9. daraśanavision
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “delivered”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of krsna”

  • 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

Where do I need greater care in my words or actions toward a Vaiṣṇava?

Practice

Before speaking about a Vaiṣṇava today, pause and check that your words are respectful.

Live this todayAvoid Offenses to VaiṣṇavasThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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