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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 1.211 Antya 1.213

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.212

হৃদি যস্য প্রেরণয়া প্রবর্তিতোঽহং বরাকরূপোঽপি ।

তস্য হরেঃ পদকমলং বন্দে চৈতন্যদেবস্য ॥ ২১২ ॥

hṛdi yasya preraṇayā pravartito ’haṁ varāka-rūpo ’pi

tasya hareḥ pada-kamalaṁ vande caitanya-devasya

Translation

“Although I am the lowest of men and have no knowledge, the Lord has mercifully bestowed upon me the inspiration to write transcendental literature about devotional service. Therefore I offer my obeisances at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has given me the chance to write these books.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Receive Inspiration with Humility and Gratitude

1
The speaker describes himself as the lowest of men and without knowledge. He credits the Lord’s mercy for his inspiration to write about devotional service.
2
He offers obeisances at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The chance to write these books is received as the Lord’s gift.
3
The purport identifies this verse as coming from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.

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

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

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

One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava. After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

hṛdiwithin the heart
yasyaof whom (the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives His pure devotees the intelligence to spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement)
preraṇayāby the inspiration
pravartitaḥengaged
ahamI
varākainsignificant and low
rūpaḥRūpa Gosvāmī
apialthough

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “mercifully”, “mercy”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lowest”
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.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I respond with gratitude to an opportunity for devotional service?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer of gratitude to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for the opportunity to study devotional literature.

Live this todayReceive Inspiration with Humility and GratitudeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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