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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 3.91Antya 3.93

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.92

উল্লঙ্ঘিতত্রিবিধসীমসমাতিশায়ি- সম্ভাবনং তব পরিব্রঢ়িমস্বভাবম্ ।

মায়াবলেন ভবতাপি নিগুহ্যমানং পশ্যন্তি কেচিদনিশং ত্বদনন্যভাবাঃ ॥ ৯২ ॥

ullaṅghita-trividha-sīma-samātiśāyi-

sambhāvanaṁ tava parivraḍhima-svabhāvam

māyā-balena bhavatāpi niguhyamānaṁ

paśyanti kecid aniśaṁ tvad-ananya-bhāvāḥ

Translation

“O my Lord, everything within material nature is limited by time, space and thought. Your characteristics, however, being unequaled and unsurpassed, are always transcendental to such limitations. You sometimes cover such characteristics by Your own energy, but nevertheless Your unalloyed devotees are always able to see You under all circumstances.”

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 Transcends All Material Limits

  1. 1

    Everything within material nature is limited by time, space and thought. The Lord’s unequaled and unsurpassed characteristics are beyond these limitations.

  2. 2

    The Lord sometimes covers His characteristics by His own energy. Nevertheless, His unalloyed devotees can always see Him under all circumstances.

  3. 3

    This prayer comes from the Stotra-ratna of Yāmunācārya.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a verse from the Stotra-ratna (13) of Yāmunācārya.

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:

He also especially requested Dāmodara Paṇḍita to remind His mother that He was sometimes going to her home to accept the food she offered. Thus, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Dāmodara Paṇḍita went to Navadvīpa, taking with him all kinds of prasādam from Lord Jagannātha.
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. ullaṅghitapassed over
  2. tri-vidhathree kinds
  3. sīmathe limitations
  4. samaof equal
  5. atiśāyiand of excelling
  6. sambhāvanamby which the adequacy
  7. tavaYour
  8. parivraḍhimaof supremacy
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “yāmunācārya”

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 might this prayer help me reconsider the limits of my understanding of the Lord?

Practice

Read this prayer aloud once, paying attention to the contrast between material limits and the Lord’s transcendental characteristics.

Live this todayThe Lord Transcends All Material LimitsThis 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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