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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 5.140Antya 5.142

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.141

বন্দ্যাভাবে ‘অনম্র’ — ‘স্তব্ধ’-শব্দে কয় ।

যাহা হৈতে অন্য ‘বিজ্ঞ’ নাহি — সে ‘অজ্ঞ’ হয় ॥ ১৪১ ॥

vandyābhāve ‘anamra’ — ‘stabdha’-śabde kaya

yāhā haite anya ‘vijña’ nāhi — se ‘ajña’ haya

Translation

“When there is no one else to receive obeisances, one may be called ‘anamra,’ or one who offers obeisances to no one. This is the meaning of the word ‘stabdha.’ And because no one is found to be more learned than Kṛṣṇa, He may be called ‘ajña,’ indicating that nothing is unknown to Him.

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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.

Nothing Is Unknown to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    One who has no one else to receive obeisances may be called ‘anamra,’ meaning one who offers obeisances to no one.

  2. 2

    This is the meaning given here for the word ‘stabdha,’ turning an apparent criticism into praise.

  3. 3

    No one is more learned than Kṛṣṇa. Here ‘ajña’ indicates that nothing is unknown to Him.

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:

Although Svarūpa Dāmodara condemned the entire drama, by reference to secondary meanings of the introductory verse he nevertheless satisfied the brāhmaṇa. That brāhmaṇa poet thus became greatly obliged to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, renounced his family connections and stayed at Jagannātha Purī with the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vandya-abhāvebecause there is no one else to be offered obeisances
  2. anamrathe one who does not offer obeisances
  3. stabdha-śadbeby the word stabdha (“impudent”)
  4. kayasays
  5. yāhā haitethan whom
  6. anyaother
  7. vijñalearned scholar
  8. nāhiis not
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does remembering that nothing is unknown to Kṛṣṇa affect my attitude toward Him?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer to Kṛṣṇa acknowledging that nothing is unknown to Him.

Live this todayNothing Is Unknown to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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