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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 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features
Ādi 7.138Ādi 7.140

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.139

স্বরূপ–ঐশ্বর্যে তাঁর নাহি মায়াগন্ধ ।

সকল বেদের হয় ভগবান্‌ সে ‘সম্বন্ধ’ ॥ ১৩৯ ॥

svarūpa-aiśvarye tāṅra nāhi māyā-gandha

sakala vedera haya bhagavān se ‘sambandha’

Translation

“In His original form the Supreme Personality of Godhead is full with transcendental opulences, which are free from the contamination of the material world. It is to be understood that in all Vedic literature the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate goal.

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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.

The Goal of All Vedic Literature

  1. 1

    In His original form, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is full with transcendental opulences.

  2. 2

    His opulences are free from the contamination of the material world.

  3. 3

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate goal of all Vedic literature.

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

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. svarūpain His original form
  2. aiśvaryeopulence
  3. tāṅraHis
  4. nāhithere is none
  5. māyā-gandhacontamination of the material world
  6. sakalain all
  7. vederaVedas
  8. hayait is so
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I keep the Supreme Personality of Godhead in view as the goal of my study?

Practice

Before studying today, recall that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate goal of Vedic literature.

Live this todayThe Goal of All Vedic LiteratureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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