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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 7.80

পাগল হইলাঙ আমি, ধৈর্য নাহি মনে ।

এত চিন্তি’ নিবেদিলুঁ গুরুর চরণে ॥ ৮০ ॥

pāgala ha-ilāṅ āmi, dhairya nāhi mane

eta cinti’ nivediluṅ gurura caraṇe

Translation

“I saw that I had become mad by chanting the holy name, and I immediately submitted this at the lotus feet of my spiritual master.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Bring Spiritual Doubts to the Spiritual Master

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately submitted His experience of ecstasy at the lotus feet of His spiritual master.

  2. 2

    As an ideal teacher, He shows that a disciple should refer doubts to the spiritual master for clarification.

  3. 3

    Even in the liberated position, one should never think oneself independent of the spiritual master.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as an ideal teacher, shows us how a disciple should deal with his spiritual master.
  • Whenever there is doubt regarding any point, he should refer the matter to his spiritual master for clarification.
  • Thus in any condition, even when liberated, we should never think ourselves independent of the spiritual master, but must refer to him as soon as there is some doubt regarding our progressive spiritual life.

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. pāgalamadman
  2. ha-ilāṅI have become
  3. āmiI
  4. dhairyapatience
  5. nāhinot
  6. manein the mind
  7. etathus
  8. cinti’considering
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chanting”, “holy name”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

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

What doubt about my spiritual progress do I need to bring for clarification?

Practice

Write down one spiritual doubt today to bring to your spiritual master for clarification.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayBring Spiritual Doubts to the Spiritual MasterThis 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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