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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 2.30

ব্রহ্মচারী বলে, — “তুমি করিলা সংশয় ।

এক-মনা হঞা শুন তাহার নিশ্চয় ॥ ৩০ ॥

brahmacārī bale, — “tumi karilā saṁśaya

eka-manā hañā śuna tāhāra niścaya

Translation

Nakula Brahmacārī said, “I know that you are doubtful. Now please hear this evidence with great attention.

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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 the Evidence With Attention

  1. 1

    Nakula Brahmacārī told Śivānanda Sena that he knew of his doubts.

  2. 2

    He asked Śivānanda Sena to hear the evidence with great attention.

  3. 3

    The invitation was to listen carefully to what would answer those doubts.

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

Further reading

Antya 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa

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

Thus he described the glories of Nṛsiṁhānanda and other devotees. A devotee named Bhagavān Ācārya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. brahmacārī baleNakula Brahmacārī said
  2. tumiyou
  3. karilā saṁśayahave doubted
  4. eka-manā hañāwith great attention
  5. śunaplease hear
  6. tāhārafor that
  7. niścayasettlement
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When I feel doubtful, do I give the offered evidence my full attention?

Practice

Write down one question you have about this passage, then reread the following verse without distractions.

Live this todayHear the Evidence With AttentionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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