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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 3.84

ন চৈবং বিস্ময়ঃ কার্যো ভবতা ভগবত্যজে ।

যোগেশ্বরেশ্বরে কৃষ্ণে যত এতদ্বিমুচ্যতে ॥ ৮৪ ॥

na caivaṁ vismayaḥ kāryo

bhavatā bhagavaty aje

yogeśvareśvare kṛṣṇe

yata etad vimucyate

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa, the unborn Supreme Personality of Godhead, master of all masters of mystic power, delivers all living entities, moving and nonmoving. Nothing is astonishing in the activities of the Lord.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Nothing Is Astonishing for the Supreme Lord

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is the unborn Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    He is the master of all masters of mystic power and delivers both moving and nonmoving living entities.

  3. 3

    Nothing is astonishing in the Lord’s activities. The purport identifies this statement as a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 3.84 quotesSB 10.29.16

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.29.16).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

Thus, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Dāmodara Paṇḍita went to Navadvīpa, taking with him all kinds of prasādam from Lord Jagannātha. 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 .
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. nanot
  2. caalso
  3. evamthus
  4. vismayaḥwonder
  5. kāryaḥto be done
  6. bhavatāby You
  7. bhagavatiunto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  8. ajethe unborn
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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: “delivers”

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 Kṛṣṇa as the master of all mystic power help you reflect on His ability to deliver everyone?

Practice

Take a moment today to remember that both moving and nonmoving living entities are included in Kṛṣṇa’s deliverance.

Live this todayNothing Is Astonishing for the Supreme LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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