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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 2.90

আচার্য তাহারে প্রভুপদে মিলাইলা ।

অন্তর্যামী প্রভু চিত্তে সুখ না পাইলা ॥ ৯০ ॥

ācārya tāhāre prabhu-pade milāilā

antaryāmī prabhu citte sukha nā pāilā

Translation

Bhagavān Ācārya took his brother to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but the Lord, knowing that Gopāla Bhaṭṭācārya was a Māyāvādī philosopher, could not get much happiness from meeting him.

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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.

Scholarship alone does not delight the Lord

  1. 1

    Bhagavān Ācārya brought his brother to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    The Lord knew that Gopāla Bhaṭṭācārya was a Māyāvādī philosopher.

  3. 3

    Because of this, the Lord could not derive much happiness from meeting him.

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:

Nevertheless, his brother, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Ācārya, discoursed upon the commentary of impersonalism (Māyāvāda). Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, the secretary of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, forbid Bhagavān Ācārya to indulge in hearing that commentary.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ācāryaBhagavān Ācārya
  2. tāhārehim (his brother)
  3. prabhu-pade milāilāgot to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. antaryāmī prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who could study anyone’s heart
  5. cittewithin Himself
  6. sukhahappiness
  7. nā pāilācould not get
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I treating religious learning as an achievement, or as support for devotion?

Practice

Before studying today, pause and express your wish that your learning support pure devotion.

Live this todayScholarship alone does not delight the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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