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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa
Antya 2.95Antya 2.97

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.96

মহাভাগবত যেই, কৃষ্ণ প্রাণধন যার ।

মায়াবাদ-শ্রবণে চিত্ত অবশ্য ফিরে তাঁর ।।” ৯৬ ।। ॥ ৯৬ ॥

mahā-bhāgavata yei, kṛṣṇa prāṇa-dhana yāra

māyāvāda-śravaṇe citta avaśya phire tāṅra”

Translation

“The Māyāvāda philosophy presents such a jugglery of words that even a highly elevated devotee who has accepted Kṛṣṇa as his life and soul changes his decision when he reads the Māyāvāda commentary on the Vedānta-sūtra.”

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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.

Even elevated devotion needs careful hearing

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara describes Māyāvāda philosophy as a “jugglery of words.”

  2. 2

    His warning includes even a highly elevated devotee who has accepted Kṛṣṇa as his life and soul.

  3. 3

    He says that reading the Māyāvāda commentary upon the Vedānta-sūtra can change such a devotee’s decision.

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. mahā-bhāgavata yeione who is a highly elevated devotee
  2. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  3. prāṇa-dhana yārawhose life and soul
  4. māyāvāda-śravaṇeby hearing the Māyāvāda philosophy
  5. cittathe heart
  6. avaśyacertainly
  7. phirechanges
  8. tāṅrahis
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I assume that strong devotion makes me unaffected by everything I read?

Practice

Before your next spiritual reading, pause to consider whether it supports accepting Kṛṣṇa as your life and soul.

Live this todayEven elevated devotion needs careful hearingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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