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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 2.97Antya 2.99

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.98

স্বরূপ কহে, — “তথাপি মায়াবাদ-শ্রবণে ।

“চিৎ, ব্রহ্ম, মায়া, মিথ্যা’ — এইমাত্র শুনে ॥ ৯৮ ॥

svarūpa kahe, “tathāpi māyāvāda-śravaṇe

‘cit, brahma, māyā, mithyā’ — ei-mātra śune

Translation

Svarūpa Dāmodara replied, “Nevertheless, when we hear the Māyāvāda philosophy, we hear that Brahman is knowledge and that the universe of māyā is false, but we gain no spiritual understanding.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Philosophical statements alone bring no spiritual understanding

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara maintains his objection despite Bhagavān Ācārya’s confidence.

  2. 2

    He says that hearing Māyāvāda philosophy means hearing that Brahman is knowledge and that the universe of māyā is false.

  3. 3

    His conclusion is that hearing these statements brings no spiritual understanding.

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. svarūpa kaheSvarūpa Dāmodara replied
  2. tathāpistill
  3. māyāvāda-śravaṇeby hearing the Māyāvāda commentary
  4. citknowledge
  5. brahmathe Absolute Truth
  6. māyāexternal energy
  7. mithyāfalse
  8. ei-mātraonly these
  9. śunehears
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I seeking spiritual understanding, or merely collecting philosophical statements?

Practice

After today’s spiritual reading, write one sentence about what you understood rather than simply listing unfamiliar terms.

Live this todayPhilosophical statements alone bring no spiritual understandingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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