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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 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura
Antya 3.84Antya 3.86

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.85

‘অয়ং হি ভগবান্ দৃষ্টঃ কীর্তিতঃ সংস্মৃতশ্চ দ্বেষানুবন্ধেনাপ্যখিলসুরাসুরাদি- দুর্লভং ফলং প্রযচ্ছতি, কিমুত সম্যগ্ ভক্তিমতাম্” ইতি ॥ ৮৫ ॥

“ayaṁ hi bhagavān dṛṣṭaḥ kīrtitaḥ saṁsmṛtaś ca

dveṣānubandhenāpy akhila-surāsurādi-durlabhaṁ

phalaṁ prayacchati, kim uta samyag bhaktimatām” iti

Translation

“ ‘Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead may be seen, glorified or remembered with an attitude of envy, He nevertheless awards the most confidential liberation, which is rarely achieved by the demigods and demons. What, then, can be said of those who are already fully engaged in devotional service to 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.

The Lord Awards Most Confidential Liberation

  1. 1

    Even when the Supreme Personality of Godhead is seen, glorified or remembered with envy, He awards the most confidential liberation.

  2. 2

    Such liberation is rarely achieved by the demigods and demons. The purport identifies this teaching as a quotation from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa.

  3. 3

    The verse then asks what can be said of those already fully engaged in devotional service. It highlights their position by comparison with those who approach the Lord with envy.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a quotation from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (4.15.17).

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:

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. ayamthis
  2. hicertainly
  3. bhagavānSupreme Personality of Godhead
  4. dṛṣṭaḥseen
  5. kīrtitaḥglorified
  6. saṁsmṛtaḥremembered
  7. caand
  8. dveṣaof envy
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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 this description of the Lord’s generosity encourage your desire for devotional service?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute remembering the Lord with a desire to serve Him rather than with envy.

Live this todayThe Lord Awards Most Confidential LiberationThis 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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