1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min

Study a Verse

Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.

Or browse by līlā and chapter

Antya-līlā · 20 chapters

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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.

Read the full guide: how to read Caitanya Caritamrta ›

Antya-līlā · Chapter 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa

Antya 2.138 Antya 2.140

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.139

প্রভু হঠে পড়িয়াছে স্বতন্ত্র ঈশ্বর ।

কভু কৃপা করিবেন যাতে দয়ালু অন্তর ॥ ১৩৯ ॥

prabhu haṭhe paḍiyāche svatantra īśvara

kabhu kṛpā karibena yāte dayālu antara

Translation

“At present Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is persisting in His mood of anger because He is the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead. At some time, however, He will surely be merciful, for at heart He is very kind.

Read this verse on Vedabase.io

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Independent Lord Is Kind at Heart

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was persisting in His mood of anger.
2
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi explained that He is the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead.
3
He assured Haridāsa that the Lord would surely be merciful in time, because at heart He is very kind.

How it feels

Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.

The mood of Antya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa

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

In his spiritual body, however, he continued to sing devotional songs, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard them. When the Vaiṣṇavas of Bengal went to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, these incidents became known to Svarūpa Dāmodara and others.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in Antya 2

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
haṭhe paḍiyāchehas taken up a persistently angry mood
svatantra īśvarathe independent Personality of Godhead
kabhusome time
kṛpā karibenaHe will be merciful (to you)
yātebecause
dayālumerciful
antaraat heart

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: “merciful”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haridāsa”

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 remembering the Lord’s kindness help me remain patient?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the assurance that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is very kind at heart.

Live this todayThe Independent Lord Is Kind at HeartThis 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.

Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Antya 2.139? Get an answer from the verses themselves.

Next in Learn · 5 of 9 · 2 minAsk Caitanya CaritamrtaBring your own question. Get an answer drawn only from the book's translations, with every verse shown.Back · LearnLīlās & chapters