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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.

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

Antya 2.90 Antya 2.92

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.91

আচার্য-সম্বন্ধে বাহ্যে করে প্রীত্যাভাস ।

কৃষ্ণভক্তি বিনা প্রভুর না হয় উল্লাস ॥ ৯১ ॥

ācārya-sambandhe bāhye kare prītyābhāsa

kṛṣṇa-bhakti vinā prabhura nā haya ullāsa

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu derives no happiness from meeting one who is not a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Thus because Gopāla Bhaṭṭācārya was a Māyāvādī scholar, the Lord felt no jubilation in meeting him. Nevertheless, because Gopāla Bhaṭṭācārya was related to Bhagavān Ācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu feigned pleasure in seeing him.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure devotion, not scholarship, pleases the Lord

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu derives no happiness from meeting someone who is not a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa.
2
Because Gopāla Bhaṭṭācārya was a Māyāvādī scholar, the Lord felt no jubilation in meeting him.
3
Nevertheless, because Gopāla Bhaṭṭācārya was related to Bhagavān Ācārya, the Lord outwardly showed pleasure in seeing 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

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.

ācārya-sambandhebecause he was related with Bhagavān Ācārya
bāhyeexternally
karedoes
prīti-ābhāsaappearance of pleasure
kṛṣṇa-bhaktidevotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa
vināwithout
prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
nā hayathere is no
ullāsajubilation

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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In this verse: “pure devotee”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse teach me to value more than scholarly accomplishment?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer for pure devotion to Kṛṣṇa rather than satisfaction in your own learning.

Live this todayPure devotion, not scholarship, pleases the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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