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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 7.29-30Ādi 7.33

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Ādi 7.31-32

তাহা দেখি' মহাপ্রভু করেন চিন্তন ।

জগৎ ডুবাইতে আমি করিলুঁ যতন ॥ ৩১ ॥

কেহ কেহ এড়াইল, প্রতিজ্ঞা হইল ভঙ্গ ।

তা–সবা ডুবাইতে পাতিব কিছু রঙ্গ ॥ ৩২ ॥

tāhā dekhi’ mahāprabhu karena cintana

jagat ḍubāite āmi kariluṅ yatana

Translation

Seeing that the Māyāvādīs and others were fleeing, Lord Caitanya thought, “I wanted everyone to be immersed in this inundation of love of Godhead, but some of them have escaped. Therefore I shall devise a trick to drown them also.”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Find Ways to Reach Everyone

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya wanted everyone immersed in love of Godhead, including those who were fleeing. He therefore considered a way to reach them also.

  2. 2

    An ācārya serving the Lord must find ways and means to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness rather than remain bound to stereotyped methods.

  3. 3

    The purport explains that both boys and girls are trained to preach and engaged equally in transcendental activities. Social customs cannot suddenly be changed, so favorable methods are adopted to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Key points from the purport
  • Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to invent a way to capture the Māyāvādīs and others who did not take interest in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
  • Therefore, to engage both boys and girls in fully transcendental activities is a policy intended to spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
  • Therefore, what we are doing is perfect by the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, for it is He who proposed to invent a way to capture those who strayed from Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

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. tāhā dekhi’observing this advancement
  2. mahāprabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. karenadoes
  4. cintanathinking
  5. jagatthe whole world
  6. ḍubāiteto drown
  7. āmiI
  8. kariluṅendeavored
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of godhead”

  • 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: “favorable”

  • 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: “serving”

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

How can I be more thoughtful about sharing Kṛṣṇa consciousness with someone whose customs differ from mine?

Practice

Choose one teaching about Kṛṣṇa consciousness and think of a simple way to explain it that respects another person’s social background.

Live this todayFind Ways to Reach EveryoneThis 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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