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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 17.257Ādi 17.259

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.258

তথাপি দাম্ভিক পড়ুয়া নম্র নাহি হয় ।

যাহাঁ তাহাঁ প্রভুর নিন্দা হাসি’ সে করয় ॥ ২৫৮ ॥

tathāpi dāmbhika paḍuyā namra nāhi haya

yāhāṅ tāhāṅ prabhura nindā hāsi’ se karaya

Translation

But the proud student community did not become submissive. On the contrary, the students spoke of the incident anywhere and everywhere. In a laughing manner they criticized the Lord.

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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.

Pride Sustains Mockery

  1. 1

    The proud student community did not become submissive.

  2. 2

    The students spoke of the incident anywhere and everywhere.

  3. 3

    They criticized the Lord in a laughing manner.

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:

All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tathāpistill
  2. dāmbhikaproud
  3. paḍuyāstudents
  4. namrasubmissive
  5. nāhinot
  6. hayabecome
  7. yāhāṅany where
  8. tāhāṅeverywhere
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I sometimes use laughter to dismiss what deserves respect?

Practice

Today, refrain from repeating a mocking remark about the Lord.

Live this todayPride Sustains MockeryThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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