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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 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya
Antya 5.106Antya 5.108

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.107

গ্রাম্য-কবির কবিত্ব শুনিতে হয় ‘দুঃখ’ ।

বিদগ্ধ-আত্মীয়-বাক্য শুনিতে হয় ‘সুখ’ ॥ ১০৭ ॥

grāmya-kavira kavitva śunite haya ‘duḥkha’

vidagdha-ātmīya-vākya śunite haya ‘sukha’

Translation

“Hearing the poetry of a person who has no transcendental knowledge and who writes about the relationships between man and woman simply causes unhappiness, whereas hearing the words of a devotee fully absorbed in ecstatic love causes great happiness.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotees’ words bring devotional happiness

  1. 1

    Grāmya-kavi refers to writers who write only about relationships between man and woman. Hearing such poetry from someone without transcendental knowledge causes unhappiness.

  2. 2

    Vidagdha-ātmīya-vākya refers to words written by a devotee who fully understands pure devotional service. Such devotees follow the paramparā system.

  3. 3

    Their writings are pleasing to devotees of the same disposition. Hearing the words of a devotee fully absorbed in ecstatic love brings great happiness.

Key points from the purport
  • Grāmya-kavi refers to a poet or writer such as the authors of novels and other fiction who write only about the relationships between man and woman.
  • Vidagdha-ātmīya-vākya, however, refers to words written by a devotee who fully understands pure devotional service.
  • Only the poetry and other writings of such devotees are accepted with great happiness by devotees.

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

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

Further reading

Antya 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

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

Then Pradyumna Miśra went to see Rāmānanda Rāya again to hear about the transcendental truth from him. A brāhmaṇa from Bengal composed a drama about the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and went to Jagannātha Purī to show it to the associates of the Lord.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. grāmya-kaviraof a poet who writes poetry concerning man and woman
  2. kavitvapoetry
  3. śuniteto hear
  4. hayathere is
  5. duḥkhaunhappiness
  6. vidagdha-ātmīyaof a devotee fully absorbed in ecstatic love
  7. vākyathe words
  8. śuniteto hear
  9. hayathere is
  10. sukhahappiness
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “ecstatic love”

  • 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: “relationships”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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 kinds of writing am I choosing to nourish my devotional life?

Practice

Spend a few minutes today reading words of a devotee who follows the paramparā system and teaches pure devotional service.

Live this todayDevotees’ words bring devotional happinessThis 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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