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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 Antya 13.35

কেবল গৌড়িয়া পাইলে ‘বাটপাড়’ করি’ বান্ধে ।

সব লুটি’ বাঁধি’ রাখে, যাইতে বিরোধে ॥ ৩৫ ॥

kevala gauḍiyā pāile ‘bāṭapāḍa’ kari’ bāndhe

saba luṭi’ bāṅdhi’ rākhe, yāite virodhe

Translation

“As soon as the plunderers on the road see a Bengali traveling alone, they take everything from him, arrest him and do not let him go.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Take warnings about danger seriously

  1. 1

    The Lord warned that plunderers would rob a Bengali traveling alone, capture him and refuse to release him.

  2. 2

    The purport describes lone Bengali travelers on the roads of Bihar being kidnapped and forced into service.

  3. 3

    According to one opinion given in the purport, the thieves valued Bengalis’ intelligence and forced them into work requiring it.

Key points from the purport
  • Bengalis are generally not very stout and strong.
  • Therefore when a lone Bengali traverses the roads of Bihar, the plunderers on the road capture him, rob all his belongings and kidnap him for their own service.
  • According to one opinion, the rogues of Bihar know very well that Bengalis are intelligent; therefore these thieves generally force the Bengalis into service requiring intelligence and do not allow them to leave.

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

Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.

The mood of Antya 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 13: Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī

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

Then Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī made another pillow and quilt from finely shredded plantain leaves, and after strongly objecting, the Lord accepted them. With the permission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita went to Vṛndāvana, where he discussed many devotional subjects with Sanātana Gosvāmī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kevalaalone
  2. gauḍiyāBengali
  3. pāileif gotten
  4. bāṭapāḍaplundering
  5. kari’doing
  6. bāndhethey arrest
  7. sabaeverything
  8. luṭi’taking
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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

Do I take specific warnings about unsafe travel seriously?

Practice

Check one reliable safety advisory before planning travel through an unfamiliar area.

Live this todayTake warnings about danger seriouslyThis 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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