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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 2.96Antya 2.98

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.97

আচার্য কহে, — ‘আমা সবার কৃষ্ণনিষ্ঠ-চিত্তে ।

আমা সবার মন ভাষ্য নারে ফিরাইতে ।।’ ৯৭ ।। ॥ ৯৭ ॥

ācārya kahe, — ‘āmā sabāra kṛṣṇa-niṣṭha-citte

āmā sabāra mana bhāṣya nāre phirāite’

Translation

In spite of Svarūpa Dāmodara’s protest, Bhagavān Ācārya continued, “We are all fixed at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa with our hearts and souls. Therefore the Śārīraka-bhāṣya cannot change our minds.”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Confidence does not remove the warning

  1. 1

    Bhagavān Ācārya continues his argument despite Svarūpa Dāmodara’s protest.

  2. 2

    He declares that their hearts and souls are fixed at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    He therefore believes that the Śārīraka-bhāṣya cannot change their minds. In the following reply, Svarūpa Dāmodara still maintains his objection.

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:

A devotee named Bhagavān Ācārya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Nevertheless, his brother, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Ācārya, discoursed upon the commentary of impersonalism (Māyāvāda).
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ācārya kaheBhagavān Ācārya replied
  2. āmā sabāraof all of us
  3. kṛṣṇa-niṣṭhadevoted to Kṛṣṇa
  4. cittehearts
  5. āmā sabāraof all of us
  6. manaminds
  7. bhāṣyaŚārīraka-bhāṣya
  8. nāre phirāitecannot change
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When might confidence in my devotion make me dismiss a caring warning?

Practice

Reconsider one warning you have dismissed, allowing a moment to hear it without defending yourself.

Live this todayConfidence does not remove the warningThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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