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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 7.97Ādi 7.99

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.98

ত্বৎসাক্ষাৎকরণাহ্লাদ–বিশুদ্ধাব্ধিস্থিতস্য মে ।

সুখানি গোষ্পদায়ন্তে ব্রাহ্মাণ্যপি জগদ্‌গুরো ॥ ৯৮ ॥

tvat-sākṣāt-karaṇāhlāda-

viśuddhābdhi-sthitasya me

sukhāni goṣpadāyante

brāhmāṇy api jagad-guro

Translation

“ ‘My dear Lord, O master of the universe, since I have directly seen You, my transcendental bliss has taken the shape of a great ocean. Being situated in that ocean, I now realize all other so-called happiness to be like the water contained in the hoofprint of a calf.’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure Devotional Service Surpasses Other Happiness

  1. 1

    The speaker describes directly seeing the Lord, the master of the universe, and experiencing transcendental bliss like a great ocean.

  2. 2

    The purport explains that the bliss enjoyed in pure devotional service is like an ocean.

  3. 3

    Material happiness and even the happiness of impersonal Brahman realization are like water in a calf’s hoofprint beside that ocean.

Key points from the purport
  • The transcendental bliss enjoyed in pure devotional service is like an ocean, whereas material happiness and even the happiness to be derived from the realization of impersonal Brahman are just like the water in the hoofprint of a calf.

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. tvatYour
  2. sākṣātmeeting
  3. karaṇasuch action
  4. āhlādapleasure
  5. viśuddhaspiritually purified
  6. abdhiocean
  7. sthitasyabeing situated
  8. meby me
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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

What kind of happiness am I seeking, and how does it compare with the happiness described here?

Practice

Take one minute to reflect on the ocean and hoofprint comparison, and express your wish to seek pure devotional service.

Live this todayPure Devotional Service Surpasses Other HappinessThis 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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