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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 1.149Antya 1.151

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.150

স্তোত্রং যত্র তটস্থতাং প্রকটয়চ্চিত্তস্য ধত্তে ব্যথাং নিন্দাপি প্রমদং প্রযচ্ছতি পরীহাসশ্রিয়ং বিভ্রতী ।

দোষেণ ক্ষয়িতাং গুণেন গুরুতাং কেনাপ্যনাতন্বতী প্রেম্ণঃ স্বারসিকস্য কস্যচিদিয়ং বিক্রীড়তি প্রক্রিয়া ॥ ১৫০ ॥

stotraṁ yatra taṭa-sthatāṁ prakaṭayac cittasya dhatte vyathāṁ

nindāpi pramadaṁ prayacchati parīhāsa-śriyaṁ bibhratī

doṣeṇa kṣayitāṁ guṇena gurutāṁ kenāpy anātanvatī

premṇaḥ svārasikasya kasyacid iyaṁ vikrīḍati prakriyā

Translation

“ ‘When one hears praise from his beloved, he outwardly remains neutral but feels pain within his heart. When he hears his beloved making accusations about him, he takes them to be jokes and enjoys pleasure. When he finds faults in his beloved, they do not diminish his love, nor do the beloved’s good qualities increase his spontaneous affection. Thus spontaneous love continues under all circumstances. That is how spontaneous love of Godhead acts within the heart.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Spontaneous Love Continues Under All Circumstances

  1. 1

    Hearing praise from the beloved, one outwardly remains neutral but feels pain within. Hearing accusations, one takes them as jokes and enjoys pleasure.

  2. 2

    Finding faults in the beloved does not diminish this love, and good qualities do not increase its spontaneous affection.

  3. 3

    Paurṇamāsī describes spontaneous love of Godhead as continuing under all circumstances. It does not depend on the beloved's praise or favorable qualities.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (5.4) is spoken by Paurṇamāsī, the grandmother of Madhumaṅgala and mother of Sāndīpani Muni.

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. stotrampraising
  2. yatrain which
  3. taṭa-sthatāmneutrality
  4. prakaṭayatmanifesting
  5. cittasyato the heart
  6. dhattegives
  7. vyathāmpainful reaction
  8. nindāblaspheming
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of godhead”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “favorable”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

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

    In this verse: “depend”

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 stands out to you about affection that is neither increased by good qualities nor diminished by faults?

Practice

Copy the phrase “spontaneous love continues under all circumstances” and reflect on it for one minute.

Live this todaySpontaneous Love Continues Under All CircumstancesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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