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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.51

ইহা-সবার কোন্ মতে হইবে নিস্তার ? তাহার হেতু না দেখিয়ে, — এ দুঃখ অপার ।।” ৫১ ।। ॥ ৫১ ॥

ihā-sabāra kon mate ha-ibe nistāra?

tāhāra hetu nā dekhiye, — e duḥkha apāra”

Translation

“How will these yavanas be delivered? To My great unhappiness, I do not see any way.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Comes to Give Kṛṣṇa’s Love

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appears as patita-pāvana, the deliverer of all fallen souls. His unhappiness reveals His constant concern for their deliverance.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa Himself. He comes as a devotee to give love of Kṛṣṇa directly to fallen souls.

  3. 3

    His mercy goes beyond giving knowledge of Kṛṣṇa. Through His practical activities, He teaches everyone how to love Kṛṣṇa.

Key points from the purport
  • How Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu was always thinking about the deliverance of the fallen souls is shown by the statement e duḥkha apāra (“It is My great unhappiness”).
  • This statement indicates that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa Himself, is always very unhappy to see the fallen souls in the material world.
  • Therefore He Himself comes as He is, or He comes as a devotee in the form of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, to deliver love of Kṛṣṇa directly to the fallen souls.

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

Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.

The mood of Antya 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

On another occasion, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once inquired from Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who was known as Brahma Haridāsa, how the yavanas, or persons bereft of Vedic culture, would be delivered in Kali-yuga . Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied that their deliverance would be possible if they very loudly chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, for hearing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra chanted loudly, even with but little realization, would help them.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ihā-sabāraof all these yavanas
  2. kon mateby which way
  3. ha-ibe nistārawill be deliverance
  4. tāhāra hetuthe cause of such deliverance
  5. nā dekhiyeI do not see
  6. e duḥkha apārait is My great unhappiness
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “delivered”, “mercy”, “deliverer”

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “fallen”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of krsna”

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

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing the Lord’s concern for fallen souls affect my hope of receiving His mercy?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asking Him to teach you how to love Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayThe Lord Comes to Give Kṛṣṇa’s LoveThis 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.

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