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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 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya
Ādi 5.235Ādi 6.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.1

বন্দে তং শ্রীমদদ্বৈতাচার্যমদ্ভুতচেষ্টিতম্‌ ।

যস্য প্রসাদাদজ্ঞোঽপি তৎস্বরূপং নিরূপয়েৎ ॥ ১ ॥

vande taṁ śrīmad-advaitā-

cāryam adbhuta-ceṣṭitam

yasya prasādād ajño ’pi

tat-svarūpaṁ nirūpayet

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Advaita Ācārya, whose activities are all wonderful. By His mercy, even a foolish person can describe His characteristics.

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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.

Describing Śrī Advaita Ācārya Through His Mercy

  1. 1

    The author offers respectful obeisances to Śrī Advaita Ācārya.

  2. 2

    All of Śrī Advaita Ācārya’s activities are wonderful.

  3. 3

    By His mercy, even a foolish person can describe His characteristics.

How it feels

Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.

The mood of Ādi 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya

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

The truth of Advaita Ācārya has been described in two verses. It is said that material nature has two features, namely the material cause and the efficient cause.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vandeI offer my respectful obeisances
  2. tamunto Him
  3. śrīmatwith all opulences
  4. advaita-ācāryamŚrī Advaita Ācārya
  5. adbhuta-ceṣṭitamwhose activities are wonderful
  6. yasyaof whom
  7. prasādātby the mercy
  8. ajñaḥ apieven a foolish person
  9. tat-svarūpamHis characteristics
  10. nirūpayetmay describe
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does dependence on His mercy change my approach to describing His characteristics?

Practice

Offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Advaita Ācārya and ask for mercy to describe His characteristics.

Live this todayDescribing Śrī Advaita Ācārya Through His MercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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