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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.154

সরস্বতীর অর্থ এই কহিলুঁ বিবরণ ।

এহো ভাগ্য তোমার ঐছে করিলে বর্ণন ॥ ১৫৪ ॥

sarasvatīra artha ei kahiluṅ vivaraṇa

eho bhāgya tomāra aiche karile varṇana

Translation

“Thus I have explained the meaning intended by mother Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning. It is your great fortune that you have described Lord Jagannātha and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in that way.

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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.

Recognizing the Fortunate Meaning of Words

  1. 1

    The explanation reveals the meaning intended by mother Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning.

  2. 2

    The poet is told that describing Lord Jagannātha and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in this way is his great fortune.

  3. 3

    In context, this meaning affirms Their oneness and Their shared desire to deliver the world.

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. sarasvatīraof Sarasvatī
  2. arthameaning
  3. eithis
  4. kahiluṅ vivaraṇaI have explained
  5. ehothis
  6. bhāgyagreat fortune
  7. tomāra aichein such a way
  8. karile varṇanayou have described
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “deliver”

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 willing are you to hear a proper explanation that deepens your understanding?

Practice

Reread the preceding explanations and write down one teaching they clarify.

Live this todayRecognizing the Fortunate Meaning of WordsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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