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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 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth
Ādi 17.24Ādi 17.26

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.25

অন্যথা যে মানে, তার নাহিক নিস্তার ।

নাহি, নাহি, নাহি—এ তিন ‘এব’–কার ॥ ২৫ ॥

anyathā ye māne, tāra nāhika nistāra

nāhi, nāhi, nāhi — e tina ‘eva’-kāra

Translation

“This verse clearly states that anyone who accepts any other path cannot be delivered. This is the reason for the triple repetition ‘nothing else, nothing else, nothing else,’ which emphasizes the real process of self-realization.

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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 Repetition Emphasizes the Real Process

  1. 1

    The verse clearly states that anyone who accepts any other path cannot be delivered.

  2. 2

    The words “nothing else” are repeated three times to emphasize this teaching.

  3. 3

    This triple repetition stresses the real process of self-realization.

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:

No one else could do this. When Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of the four-armed Nārāyaṇa, the gopīs showed their respect, but they were not very interested in Him.
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. anyathāotherwise
  2. yeanyone who
  3. māneaccepts
  4. tāraof him
  5. nāhikathere is no
  6. nistāradeliverance
  7. nāhi nāhi nāhithere is nothing else, nothing else, nothing else
  8. ein this
  9. tinathree
  10. eva-kārabearing the meaning of emphasis
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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”

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 the repeated phrase “nothing else” affect my attention to this teaching?

Practice

Read the translation slowly today, pausing at each repetition of “nothing else.”

Live this todayThe Repetition Emphasizes the Real ProcessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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