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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord
Antya 1.107Antya 1.109

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.108

ভৃত্যস্য পশ্যতি গুরূনপি নাপরাধান্ সেবাং মনাগপি কৃতাং বহুধাভ্যুপৈতি ।

আবিষ্করোতি পিশুনেষ্বপি নাভ্যসূয়াং শীলেন নির্মলমতিঃ পুরুষোত্তমোঽয়ম্ ॥ ১০৮ ॥

bhṛtyasya paśyati gurūn api nāparādhān

sevāṁ manāg api kṛtāṁ bahudhābhyupaiti

āviṣkaroti piśuneṣv api nābhyasūyāṁ

śīlena nirmala-matiḥ puruṣottamo ’yam

Translation

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as Puruṣottama, the greatest of all persons, has a pure mind. He is so gentle that even if His servant is implicated in a great offense, He does not take it very seriously. Indeed, if His servant renders some small service, the Lord accepts it as being very great. Even if an envious person blasphemes the Lord, the Lord never manifests anger against him. Such are His great qualities.”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Puruṣottama’s Gentleness and Generosity

  1. 1

    The Lord is known as Puruṣottama, the greatest of all persons. His mind is pure, and He is gentle.

  2. 2

    He does not take His servant’s great offense very seriously, but accepts a small service as very great.

  3. 3

    Even when an envious person blasphemes Him, the Lord does not manifest anger against that person.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.1.138), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

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

Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.

The mood of Antya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead. Meanwhile, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī reached Bengal, after returning from Vṛndāvana.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhṛtyasyaof the servant
  2. paśyatiHe sees
  3. gurūnvery great
  4. apialthough
  5. nanot
  6. aparādhānthe offenses
  7. sevāmservice
  8. manāk apihowever small
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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”, “servant”, “servant’s”

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

Which of the Lord’s qualities described here most deepens your appreciation of Him?

Practice

Read the translation slowly and pause to appreciate one of the Lord’s gentle qualities.

Live this todayPuruṣottama’s Gentleness and GenerosityThis 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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