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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 4.177 Antya 4.179

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.178

জ্ঞানবিজ্ঞানতৃপ্তাত্মা কূটস্থো বিজিতেন্দ্রিয়ঃ ।

যুক্ত ইত্যুচ্যতে যোগী সমলোষ্ট্রাশ্মকাঞ্চনঃ ॥ ১৭৮ ॥

jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptātmā

kūṭa-stho vijitendriyaḥ

yukta ity ucyate yogī

sama-loṣṭrāśma-kāñcanaḥ

Translation

“ ‘One who is fully satisfied in knowledge obtained and practically applied in life, who is always determined and fixed in his spiritual position, who completely controls his senses, and who sees pebbles, stones and gold on the same level is understood to be a perfect yogī.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Apply Knowledge and Remain Spiritually Steady

1
A perfect yogī is fully satisfied in knowledge that has been both obtained and practically applied in life.
2
Such a person is determined, fixed in a spiritual position and fully in control of the senses.
3
A perfect yogī sees pebbles, stones and gold on the same level.

Key points from the purport

This is also a quotation from the Bhagavad-gītā (6.8).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 4.178 quotesBG 6.8

This is also a quotation from the Bhagavad-gītā (6.8).

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

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

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

In this way he completely retired and returned to Vṛndāvana to meet Sanātana Gosvāmī. After narrating these incidents, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has given a list of the main books of Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Jīva Gosvāmī.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in Antya 4

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

jñānaby acquired knowledge
vijñānarealized knowledge
tṛptasatisfied
ātmāliving entity
kūṭa-sthaḥfixed in his constitutional position
vijitacontrolled
indriyaḥwhose senses
yuktaḥin touch with the Supreme

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What spiritual knowledge have I learned but not yet put into practice?

Practice

Choose one spiritual teaching you already know and put it into practice once today.

Live this todayApply Knowledge and Remain Spiritually SteadyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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