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

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.
Read the full guide: how to read Caitanya Caritamrta ›

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.95

বৈষ্ণব হঞা যেবা শারীরক-ভাষ্য শুনে ।

সেব্য-সেবক-ভাব ছাড়ি’ আপনারে ‘ঈশ্বর’ মানে ॥ ৯৫ ॥

vaiṣṇava hañā yebā śārīraka-bhāṣya śune

sevya-sevaka-bhāva chāḍi’ āpanāre ‘īśvara’ māne

Translation

“When a Vaiṣṇava listens to the Śārīraka-bhāṣya, the Māyāvāda commentary upon the Vedānta-sūtra, he gives up the Kṛṣṇa conscious attitude that the Lord is the master and the living entity is His servant. Instead, he considers himself the Supreme Lord.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
1

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Preserve the understanding of service to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The verse warns that hearing the Śārīraka-bhāṣya leads a Vaiṣṇava to abandon the understanding that the Lord is the master and the living entity is His servant.

  2. 2

    Śaṅkarācārya’s commentary advocates that one impersonally consider oneself the Supreme Lord. The purport describes such Māyāvāda commentaries as imaginary.

  3. 3

    Other commentaries upon the Vedānta-sūtra establish different philosophies. The purport names commentaries by Śrīla Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Śrī Nimbārka and Viṣṇu Svāmī.

Key points from the purport
  • The philosophers known as kevalādvaita-vādīs generally occupy themselves with hearing the Śārīraka-bhāṣya, a commentary by Śaṅkarācārya advocating that one impersonally consider oneself the Supreme Lord.
  • The commentary by Śrīla Rāmānujācārya, known as Śrī-bhāṣya, establishes the viśiṣṭādvaita-vāda philosophy.
  • And in the Viṣṇu-svāmi-sampradāya, or Rudra-sampradāya, which comes from Lord Śiva, Viṣṇu Svāmī has written a commentary called Sarvajñabhāṣya, which establishes śuddhādvaita-vāda.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
2

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vaiṣṇava hañābeing a Vaiṣṇava
  2. yebāanyone who
  3. śārīraka-bhāṣyathe Māyāvāda commentary Śārīraka-bhāṣya
  4. śunelistens to
  5. sevya-sevaka-bhāvathe Kṛṣṇa conscious attitude that the Lord is the master and the living entity is His servant
  6. chāḍi’giving up
  7. āpanārehimself
  8. īśvarathe Supreme Lord
  9. māneconsiders
3

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “servant”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

4

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does seeing myself as Kṛṣṇa’s servant shape my approach to spiritual study?

Practice

Write down this reminder before studying today: “The Lord is the master, and I am His servant.”

Live this todayPreserve the understanding of service to KṛṣṇaThis 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 2.95? Get an answer from the verses themselves.