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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 7.35

সন্ন্যাস করিয়া প্রভু কৈলা আকর্ষণ ।

যতেক পালাঞাছিল তার্কিকাদিগণ ॥ ৩৫ ॥

sannyāsa kariyā prabhu kailā ākarṣaṇa

yateka pālāñāchila tārkikādigaṇa

Translation

After accepting the sannyāsa order, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu attracted the attention of all those who had evaded Him, beginning with the logicians.

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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.

Those Who Evaded Him Become Attentive

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu attracted attention after accepting the sannyāsa order.

  2. 2

    Those who had previously evaded Him now became attentive to Him.

  3. 3

    The logicians are named as the beginning of those whose attention He attracted.

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. sannyāsathe sannyāsa order
  2. kariyāaccepting
  3. prabhuthe Lord
  4. kailādid
  5. ākarṣaṇaattract
  6. yatekaall
  7. pālāñāchilafled
  8. tārkika-ādi-gaṇaall persons, beginning with the logicians
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to give attention to the Lord where I previously turned away?

Practice

Read this translation slowly once, giving your full attention to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayThose Who Evaded Him Become AttentiveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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