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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 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 19.105Antya 19.107

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.106

অলৌকিক প্রভুর ‘চেষ্টা’, ‘প্রলাপ’ শুনিয়া ।

তর্ক না করিহ, শুন বিশ্বাস করিয়া ॥ ১০৬ ॥

alaukika prabhura ‘ceṣṭā’, ‘pralāpa’ śuniyā

tarka nā kariha, śuna viśvāsa kariyā

Translation

The activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are undoubtedly uncommon, especially His talking like a madman. Therefore, one who hears of these pastimes should not put forward mundane arguments. He should simply hear the pastimes with full faith.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hear Uncommon Pastimes With Full Faith

  1. 1

    The activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are undoubtedly uncommon.

  2. 2

    His talking like a madman is especially uncommon and should not be judged through mundane arguments.

  3. 3

    The listener is asked simply to hear these pastimes with full faith.

How it feels

Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.

The mood of Antya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

This chapter further describes how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden during the full-moon night of Vaiśākha (April-May) and experienced various transcendental ecstasies. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love at suddenly seeing Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa beneath an aśoka tree, He exhibited various symptoms of spiritual madness.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. alaukikauncommon
  2. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. ceṣṭāthe activities
  4. pralāpatalking in madness
  5. śuniyāhearing
  6. tarkaunnecessary arguments
  7. nā karihado not make
  8. śunasimply hear
  9. viśvāsa kariyāhaving full faith
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When a pastime seems beyond my understanding, can I listen with faith rather than immediately argue?

Practice

Reread this translation once, setting aside the urge to explain the Lord’s activities through ordinary reasoning.

Live this todayHear Uncommon Pastimes With Full FaithThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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