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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 17.304Ādi 17.306

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.305

ইথে তর্ক করি’ কেহ না কর সংশয় ।

কৃষ্ণের অচিন্ত্যশক্তি এই মত হয় ॥ ৩০৫ ॥

ithe tarka kari’ keha nā kara saṁśaya

kṛṣṇera acintya-śakti ei mata haya

Translation

One cannot understand the contradictions in Lord Caitanya’s character by putting forward mundane logic and arguments. Consequently one should not maintain doubts in this connection. One should simply try to understand the inconceivable energy of Kṛṣṇa; otherwise one cannot understand how such contradictions are possible.

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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.

Understand Through Kṛṣṇa’s Inconceivable Energy

  1. 1

    Mundane logic and arguments cannot explain the contradictions in Lord Caitanya’s character.

  2. 2

    The translation therefore advises us not to maintain doubts about these contradictions.

  3. 3

    One should try to understand Kṛṣṇa’s inconceivable energy; otherwise, one cannot understand how such contradictions are possible.

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:

There is no need of mundane arguments in this connection, because mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to inconceivable potency. At the end of the seventeenth chapter, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, following in the footsteps of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, has summarized all the ādi-līlā pastimes separately.
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. ithein this matter
  2. tarka kari’making arguments
  3. kehasomeone
  4. nādo not
  5. karamake
  6. saṁśayadoubts
  7. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  8. acintya-śaktiinconceivable potency
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Where am I expecting mundane logic alone to explain Lord Caitanya’s character?

Practice

Reread the translation and pause over its instruction to understand Kṛṣṇa’s inconceivable energy.

Live this todayUnderstand Through Kṛṣṇa’s Inconceivable EnergyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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