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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 2.43Ādi 2.45

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.44

ইথে যত জীব, তার ত্রৈকালিক কর্ম ।

তাহা দেখ, সাক্ষী তুমি, জান সব মর্ম ॥ ৪৪ ॥

ithe yata jīva, tāra trai-kālika karma

tāhā dekha, sākṣī tumi, jāna saba marma

Translation

“Both in this material world and in the transcendental world, You see all the deeds of all living beings, in the past, present and future. Since You are the witness of all such deeds, You know the essence of everything.

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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 Lord Witnesses Every Deed

  1. 1

    The Lord sees all the deeds of all living beings in both the material and transcendental worlds.

  2. 2

    His vision includes the past, present and future.

  3. 3

    As the witness of all such deeds, He knows the essence of everything.

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:

Innumerable material universes are similarly exhibited by His external energy, and the living entities are manifested by His marginal energy. Because Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is not different from Lord Kṛṣṇa, He is the cause of all causes; there is no cause beyond Him.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ithein these
  2. yataas many
  3. jīvaliving beings
  4. tāraof them
  5. trai-kālikapast, present and future
  6. karmathe activities
  7. tāhāthat
  8. dekhaYou see
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering the Lord as witness affect a choice you make today?

Practice

Before one action today, pause and remember that the Lord sees it.

Live this todayThe Lord Witnesses Every DeedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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