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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 4.174Antya 4.176

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.175

কিং ভদ্রং কিমভদ্রং বা দ্বৈতস্যাবস্তুনঃ কিয়ৎ ।

বাচোদিতং তদনৃতং মনসা ধ্যাতমেব চ ॥ ১৭৫ ॥

kiṁ bhadraṁ kim abhadraṁ vā

dvaitasyāvastunaḥ kiyat

vācoditaṁ tad anṛtaṁ

manasā dhyātam eva ca

Translation

“ ‘Anything not conceived in relationship to Kṛṣṇa should be understood to be illusion [māyā]. None of the illusions uttered by words or conceived in the mind are factual. Because illusion is not factual, there is no distinction between what we think is good and what we think is bad. When we speak of the Absolute Truth, such speculations do not apply.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Understand Everything in Relationship to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Anything conceived without a relationship to Kṛṣṇa should be understood as illusion, or māyā.

  2. 2

    Illusions expressed in words or conceived in the mind are not factual. Distinctions of good and bad within such illusion have no factual basis.

  3. 3

    These speculations do not apply to the Absolute Truth.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 4.175 quotesSB 11.28.4

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.28.4).

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

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:

Because the Lord was a sannyāsī, He did not consider one body better than another. The Lord also informed him that He was maintaining Sanātana and the other devotees just like a father.
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. kimwhat
  2. bhadramgood
  3. kimwhat
  4. abhadrambad
  5. vāor
  6. dvaitasyaof this material world
  7. avastunaḥthat which has temporary existence
  8. kiyathow much
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “relationship”

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

What am I currently considering without reference to its relationship with Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Choose one concern today and pause to consider it in relationship to Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayUnderstand Everything in Relationship to KṛṣṇaThis 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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