1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min

Study a Verse

Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.

Or browse by līlā and chapter

Ādi-līlā · 17 chapters

1234567891011121314151617
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.
Read the full guide: how to read Caitanya Caritamrta ›
Ādi-līlā · Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 4.62Ādi 4.64

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.63

হ্লাদিনী সন্ধিনী সম্বিত্ত্বয্যেকা সর্বসংস্থিতৌ ।

হ্লাদতাপকরী মিশ্রা ত্বয়ি নো গুণবর্জিতে ॥ ৬৩ ॥

hlādinī sandhinī samvit

tvayy ekā sarva-saṁsthitau

hlāda-tāpa-karī miśrā

tvayi no guṇa-varjite

Translation

“O Lord, You are the support of everything. The three attributes hlādinī, sandhinī and samvit exist in You as one spiritual energy. But the material modes, which cause happiness, misery and mixtures of the two, do not exist in You, for You have no material qualities.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
1

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

One Spiritual Energy, Beyond Material Qualities

  1. 1

    The Lord is the support of everything.

  2. 2

    Hlādinī, sandhinī and samvit exist in Him as one spiritual energy.

  3. 3

    The material modes cause happiness, misery and mixtures of both. They do not exist in the Lord, who has no material qualities.

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:

In this chapter of the epic Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has stressed that Lord Caitanya appeared for three principal purposes of His own. The first purpose was to relish the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is the prime reciprocator of transcendental love of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
2

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. hlādinīpleasure potency
  2. sandhinīexistence potency
  3. samvitknowledge potency
  4. tvayiin You
  5. ekāone
  6. sarva-saṁsthitauwho are the basis of all things
  7. hlādapleasure
  8. tāpaand misery
3

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this teaching help you distinguish the Lord’s spiritual nature from material happiness and misery?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, pausing at the statement that the Lord has no material qualities.

Live this todayOne Spiritual Energy, Beyond Material QualitiesThis 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.

Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Ādi 4.63? Get an answer from the verses themselves.
  1. Learn
  2. Live
  3. Lead
Next in Learn · 5 of 9 · 2 minAsk Caitanya CaritamrtaBring your own question. Get an answer drawn only from the book's translations, with every verse shown.Back · LearnLīlās & chapters