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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 5.116Antya 5.118

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.117

“আরে মূর্খ, আপনার কৈলি সর্বনাশ ! দুই ত’ ঈশ্বরে তোর নাহিক বিশ্বাস ॥ ১১৭ ॥

“āre mūrkha, āpanāra kaili sarva-nāśa!

dui ta’ īśvare tora nāhika viśvāsa

Translation

“You are a fool,” he said. “You have brought ill fortune upon yourself, for you have no knowledge of the existence of the two Lords, Jagannāthadeva and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, nor have you faith in Them.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Knowledge and Faith in the Two Lords

  1. 1

    The poet is strongly corrected for lacking knowledge of Jagannāthadeva and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    His mistaken description shows that he also lacks faith in Them. The rebuke warns that such misunderstanding brings ill fortune.

  3. 3

    The surrounding explanation makes the mistake clear: Lord Jagannātha is not material, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is not an ordinary living being.

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:

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. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s secretary, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, heard the drama, he discerned a tinge of Māyāvāda philosophy and pointed it out to the author.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āre mūrkhaO fool
  2. āpanāraof yourself
  3. kailiyou have done
  4. sarva-nāśaloss of all auspiciousness
  5. dui ta’ īśvarein the two controllers
  6. torayour
  7. nāhika viśvāsathere is no faith
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Where might my understanding of the two Lords need correction?

Practice

Read the next two translations slowly, noting what each teaches about the Lords.

Live this todayKnowledge and Faith in the Two LordsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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