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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 5.124-125Antya 5.127

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.126

কাহাঁ ‘পূর্ণানন্দৈশ্বর্য’ কৃষ্ণ ‘মায়েশ্বর’ ! কাহাঁ ‘ক্ষুদ্র’ জীব ‘দুঃখী’, ‘মায়ার কিঙ্কর’ !! ১২৬ ।। ॥ ১২৬ ॥

kāhāṅ ‘pūrṇānandaiśvarya’ kṛṣṇa ‘māyeśvara’!

kāhāṅ ‘kṣudra’ jīva ‘duḥkhī’, ‘māyāra kiṅkara’!

Translation

“Whereas Kṛṣṇa, the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is full of transcendental bliss, possesses all six spiritual opulences in full, and is the master of the material energy, the small conditioned soul, who is always unhappy, is the servant of the material energy.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Controls the Material Energy

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is full of transcendental bliss and possesses all six spiritual opulences in full.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is the master of the material energy, whereas the conditioned soul is its servant. They cannot be placed on an equal level.

  3. 3

    The Lord is always in transcendental bliss. The conditioned soul is unhappy because of contact with the material energy.

Key points from the purport
  • The living entity is an ever-conditioned servant of the material energy, whereas Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the master of the material energy.
  • His Lordship is always in a happy condition of transcendental bliss, whereas the conditioned soul is always unhappy because of his contact with the material energy.
  • The Supreme Lord controls the material energy, and the material energy controls the conditioned souls.

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. kāhāṅwhereas
  2. pūrṇafull
  3. ānandabliss
  4. aiśvaryaopulences
  5. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  6. māyā-īśvarathe master of the material energy
  7. kāhāṅwhereas
  8. kṣudra jīvathe little conditioned soul
  9. duḥkhīunhappy
  10. māyāra kiṅkarathe servant of the material energy
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “servant”

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

How does this distinction help me understand my position in relation to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Write one sentence distinguishing Kṛṣṇa’s control of material energy from the conditioned soul’s dependence on it.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Controls the Material EnergyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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