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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 2: Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Ādi 2.25Ādi 2.27

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.26

জ্ঞানযোগমার্গে তাঁরে ভজে যেই সব ।

ব্রহ্ম–আত্মারূপে তাঁরে করে অনুভব ॥ ২৬ ॥

jñāna-yoga-mārge tāṅre bhaje yei saba

brahma-ātma-rūpe tāṅre kare anubhava

Translation

Those who walk the paths of knowledge and yoga worship only Him, for it is Him they perceive as the impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Knowledge and Yoga Reveal Partial Aspects

  1. 1

    Those on the paths of knowledge and yoga worship the same Lord.

  2. 2

    Mental speculation, or jñāna-mārga, approaches the Lord’s impersonal effulgence, Brahman. Mystic yoga approaches His partial representation, localized Paramātmā.

  3. 3

    Through these paths, such persons cannot realize the Lord’s eternal form.

Key points from the purport
  • Those who are fond of mental speculation (jñāna-mārga) or want to meditate in mystic yoga to find the Absolute Truth must approach the impersonal effulgence of the Lord and His partial representation respectively.
  • Such persons cannot realize the eternal form of the Lord.

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

Revelatory awe. The identity of Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa is established; wonder becomes theological confidence.

The mood of Ādi 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 2: Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

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

Therefore, the Brahman effulgence is the bodily luster of Lord Caitanya, and the localized Supersoul situated in the heart of every living entity is His partial representation. The puruṣa-avatāras are also explained in this connection.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jñānaof philosophical speculation
  2. yogaand of mystic yoga
  3. mārgeon the paths
  4. tāṅreHim
  5. bhajeworship
  6. yeiwho
  7. sabaall
  8. brahmaof impersonal Brahman
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this teaching help me distinguish the Lord’s eternal form from His impersonal effulgence and partial representation?

Practice

Write down the two paths named here and the aspect of the Lord each perceives.

Live this todayKnowledge and Yoga Reveal Partial AspectsThis 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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