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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.92

এই ত’ নবম শ্লোকের অর্থ–বিবরণ ।

দশম শ্লোকের অর্থ শুন দিয়া মন ॥ ৯২ ॥

ei ta’ navama ślokera artha-vivaraṇa

daśama ślokera artha śuna diyā mana

Translation

I have thus explained the ninth verse, and now I shall explain the tenth. Please listen with rapt attention.

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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.

Listen with Rapt Attention

  1. 1

    The explanation of the ninth verse has been completed.

  2. 2

    The author now turns to explaining the tenth verse.

  3. 3

    He asks the reader to listen with rapt attention.

How it feels

Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.

The mood of Ādi 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

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

The material energy exists on the other side of the Causal Ocean, without touching it. In the Causal Ocean is Mahā-Viṣṇu, the original puruṣa expansion from Saṅkarṣaṇa.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei ta’thus
  2. navama ślokeraof the ninth verse
  3. artha-vivaraṇadescription of the meaning
  4. daśama ślokeraof the tenth verse
  5. arthameaning
  6. śunahear
  7. diyā manawith attention
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would help you give this explanation your full attention?

Practice

Set aside one distraction before reading the next verse slowly.

Live this todayListen with Rapt AttentionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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