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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 5.132Antya 5.134

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.133

তবেত পাণ্ডিত্য তোমার হইবে সফল ।

কৃষ্ণের স্বরূপ-লীলা বর্ণিবা নির্মল ॥ ১৩৩ ॥

tabeta pāṇḍitya tomāra ha-ibe saphala

kṛṣṇera svarūpa-līlā varṇibā nirmala

Translation

“Only if you follow the principles of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees will your learning be successful. Then you will be able to write about the transcendental pastimes of Kṛṣṇa without material contamination.

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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.

Following Makes Learning Successful

  1. 1

    Learning becomes successful only by following the principles of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees.

  2. 2

    Learning alone is not presented as sufficient. Svarūpa Dāmodara directs the poet to put those principles into practice.

  3. 3

    By following them, one becomes able to write about the transcendental pastimes of Kṛṣṇa without material contamination.

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:

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. Although Svarūpa Dāmodara condemned the entire drama, by reference to secondary meanings of the introductory verse he nevertheless satisfied the brāhmaṇa.
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. tabetathen only
  2. pāṇḍityalearning
  3. tomārayour
  4. ha-ibewill become
  5. sa-phalasuccessful
  6. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  7. svarūpa-līlāthe transcendental pastimes
  8. varṇibāyou will describe
  9. nirmalawithout material contamination
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How am I putting what I learn into practice before trying to teach or write about Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Choose one instruction from this batch, such as regular hearing or devotee association, and take one concrete step to follow it today.

Live this todayFollowing Makes Learning SuccessfulThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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