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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 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī
Antya 4.102Antya 4.104

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.103

‘আচার’, ‘প্রচার’, — নামের করহ ‘দুই’ কার্য ।

তুমি — সর্ব-গুরু, তুমি জগতের আর্য ।।” ১০৩ ॥ ১০৩ ॥

‘ācāra’, ‘pracāra’, — nāmera karaha ‘dui’ kārya

tumi — sarva-guru, tumi jagatera ārya

Translation

“You simultaneously perform both duties in relation to the holy name by your personal behavior and by your preaching. Therefore you are the spiritual master of the entire world, for you are the most advanced devotee in the world.”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Spiritual Master Practices and Preaches

  1. 1

    Sanātana Gosvāmī defines a bona fide spiritual master as one who acts according to scriptural injunctions and also preaches.

  2. 2

    Haridāsa Ṭhākura is the ideal spiritual master because he fulfills both duties in relation to the holy name. He regularly chants a prescribed number on his beads—300,000 holy names daily.

  3. 3

    The purport directs members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement to chant at least sixteen rounds daily and preach Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s teachings according to Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. It describes one who does both as fit to become a spiritual master for the entire world.

Key points from the purport
  • Sanātana Gosvāmī clearly defines herein the bona fide spiritual master of the world.
  • Haridāsa Ṭhākura was the ideal spiritual master because he regularly chanted on his beads a prescribed number of times.
  • One who does so is quite fit to become a spiritual master for the entire world.

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

Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.

The mood of Antya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

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

I want you to preach the cult of devotional service and go to Vṛndāvana to excavate the lost holy places.” After having thus spoken, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī had many talks about this subject.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ācāra pracārabehaving well and preaching
  2. nāmeraof the holy name
  3. karahayou do
  4. duitwo
  5. kāryaworks
  6. tumiyou
  7. sarva-gurueveryone’s spiritual master
  8. tumiyou
  9. jagatera āryathe most advanced devotee within this world
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “holy name”, “chants”, “haridāsa”

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 can I bring my personal devotional practice and my sharing of the teachings into closer agreement?

Practice

Read a short passage from Bhagavad-gītā As It Is and identify one teaching to practice before sharing it.

Live this todayA Spiritual Master Practices and PreachesThis 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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