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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 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 4.149Ādi 4.151

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.150

অতৃপ্ত হইয়া করে বিধির নিন্দন ।

অবিদগ্ধ বিধি ভাল না জানে সৃজন ॥ ১৫০ ॥

atṛpta ha-iyā kare vidhira nindana

avidagdha vidhi bhāla nā jāne sṛjana

Translation

Such a person, being unsatisfied, begins to blaspheme Lord Brahmā, saying that he does not know the art of creating well and is simply inexperienced.

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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.

Dissatisfaction Becomes a Complaint Against the Creator

  1. 1

    The person described remains unsatisfied.

  2. 2

    That dissatisfaction leads the person to blaspheme Lord Brahmā.

  3. 3

    The complaint is that Lord Brahmā does not know the art of creating well and is simply inexperienced.

How it feels

Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.

The mood of Ādi 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

Therefore, to know the transcendental pleasure of loving Kṛṣṇa, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself appeared as Lord Caitanya, accepting the emotions and bodily luster of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Lord Caitanya appeared in order to fulfill these confidential desires, and also to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare and to answer the call of Advaita Prabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. atṛptaunsatisfied
  2. ha-iyābeing
  3. karedo
  4. vidhiraof Lord Brahmā
  5. nindanablaspheming
  6. avidagdhainexperienced
  7. vidhiLord Brahmā
  8. bhālawell
  9. nā jānedoes not know
  10. sṛjanacreating
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the force of this complaint reveal about the person’s dissatisfaction?

Practice

Reread the translation and note how strongly the person’s dissatisfaction is expressed.

Live this todayDissatisfaction Becomes a Complaint Against the CreatorThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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