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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 7.36Ādi 7.38

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.37

অপরাধ ক্ষমাইল, ডুবিল প্রেমজলে ।

কেবা এড়াইবে প্রভুর প্রেম–মহাজালে ॥ ৩৭ ॥

aparādha kṣamāila, ḍubila prema-jale

kebā eḍāibe prabhura prema-mahājāle

Translation

Lord Caitanya excused them all, and they merged into the ocean of devotional service, for no one can escape the unique loving network of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Different Methods, One Devotional Goal

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya excused them all, and they entered the ocean of devotional service. No one can escape His unique loving network.

  2. 2

    An ācārya knows the meaning of revealed scriptures, lives according to their instructions and teaches students to follow them. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was an ideal ācārya.

  3. 3

    Different ācāryas may use different methods to bring people to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The ultimate goal is never neglected.

Key points from the purport
  • An ācārya is an ideal teacher who knows the purport of the revealed scriptures, behaves exactly according to their injunctions and teaches his students to adopt these principles also.
  • As an ideal ācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu devised ways to capture all kinds of atheists and materialists.
  • Therefore, the method of one ācārya may be different from that of another, but the ultimate goal is never neglected.

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. aparādhaoffense
  2. kṣamāilaexcused
  3. ḍubilamerged into
  4. prema-jalein the ocean of love of Godhead
  5. kebāwho else
  6. eḍāibewill go away
  7. prabhurathe Lord’s
  8. premaloving
  9. mahā-jālenetwork
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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

How can I bring my conduct closer to the scriptural teachings I study?

Practice

Choose one scriptural instruction you have studied and make a small effort to follow it today.

Live this todayDifferent Methods, One Devotional GoalThis 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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