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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 7.105

তোমার প্রভাবে সবার আনন্দিত মন ।

কভু অসঙ্গত নহে তোমার বচন ॥ ১০৫ ॥

tomāra prabhāve sabāra ānandita mana

kabhu asaṅgata nahe tomāra vacana

Translation

“Dear Sir, by Your influence our minds are greatly satisfied, and we believe that Your words will never be unreasonable. Therefore You may speak on the Vedānta-sūtra.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure Devotee Association Awakens Understanding

  1. 1

    Spiritual advancement enables a person to influence an audience. Association with a pure devotee helps one understand devotional service.

  2. 2

    The sannyāsīs were fortunate to meet the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of a devotee. By His influence, their minds became greatly satisfied.

  3. 3

    A perfectly advanced spiritualist speaks truthfully, meaningfully and in agreement with the Vedic version. Convinced about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s personality, they wanted to hear His explanation of Vedānta philosophy.

Key points from the purport
  • In this verse the words tomāra prabhāve (“Your influence”) are very important.
  • Māyāvādī philosophers claim to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and this has no meaning, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu never uttered such nonsense.
  • The Māyāvādī sannyāsīs were convinced about His personality, and therefore they wanted to hear the purport of Vedānta philosophy from Him.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.

The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Back to this verse in Ādi 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tomāraYour
  2. prabhāveby influence
  3. sabāraof everyone
  4. ānanditajoyful
  5. manamind
  6. kabhuat anytime
  7. asaṅgataunreasonable
  8. nahedoes not
  9. tomāraYour
  10. vacanaspeeches
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “association”, “pure devotee”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I seeking spiritual understanding through the association and words of pure devotees?

Practice

Spend a few minutes attentively reading a pure devotee’s explanation of devotional service.

Live this todayPure Devotee Association Awakens UnderstandingThis 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.

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