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How to study this verse, in six steps

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 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

Antya 4.239 Antya 5.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.1

বৈগুণ্যকীটকলিতঃ পৈশুন্য-ব্রণপীড়িতঃ ।

দৈন্যার্ণবে নিমগ্নোঽহং চৈতন্য-বৈদ্যমাশ্রয়ে ॥ ১ ॥

vaiguṇya-kīṭa-kalitaḥ

paiśunya-vraṇa-pīḍitaḥ

dainyārṇave nimagno ’haṁ

caitanya-vaidyam āśraye

Translation

I am infected by the germs of material activity and am suffering from the boils of envy. Therefore, falling in an ocean of humility, I take shelter of the great physician Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Humbly Take Shelter of the Great Physician

1
The speaker describes material activity as an infection and envy as painful boils.
2
He turns toward shelter by falling into an ocean of humility.
3
He takes shelter of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the great physician who can address his suffering.

How it feels

Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.

The mood of Antya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

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

Pradyumna Miśra, a resident of Śrīhaṭṭa, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear from Him about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes. The Lord, however, sent him to Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

vaiguṇyaof material activities
kīṭaby the germs
kalitaḥbitten
paiśunyaof envy
vraṇafrom boils
pīḍitaḥsuffering
dainya-arṇavein the ocean of humility
nimagnaḥmerged

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Where do I notice envy, and how might I seek shelter with humility?

Practice

Name one feeling of envy you noticed today, then offer a brief prayer for shelter to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayHumbly Take Shelter of the Great PhysicianThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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