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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 17.267

এসব পাষণ্ডীর তবে হইবে নিস্তার ।

আর কোন উপায় নাহি, এই যুক্তি সার ॥ ২৬৭ ॥

e-saba pāṣaṇḍīra tabe ha-ibe nistāra

āra kona upāya nāhi, ei yukti sāra

Translation

“All the unfaithful rogues of this world can be delivered by this process. There is no alternative. This is the essence of the argument.”

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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.

Firm Confidence in the Process of Deliverance

  1. 1

    The Lord declares that all the unfaithful rogues of the world can be delivered by this process.

  2. 2

    He states that there is no alternative.

  3. 3

    He presents this conclusion as the essence of His argument.

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.
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. e-sabaall these
  2. pāṣaṇḍīraof the demons
  3. tabethen
  4. ha-ibethere will be
  5. nistāradeliverance
  6. āraalternative
  7. konasome
  8. upāyameans
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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

What stands out to me in the Lord’s confidence that even the unfaithful can be delivered?

Practice

Read the declaration aloud once, giving attention to the word “all.”

Live this todayFirm Confidence in the Process of DeliveranceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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