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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 5.162Antya 5.164

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.163

শ্রদ্ধা করি’ এই লীলা যেই পড়ে শুনে ।

গৌরলীলা, ভক্তি-ভক্ত-রস-তত্ত্ব জানে ॥ ১৬৩ ॥

śraddhā kari’ ei līlā yei paḍe, śune

gaura-līlā, bhakti-bhakta-rasa-tattva jāne

Translation

Anyone who reads and hears these pastimes with faith and love can understand the truth about devotional service, devotees and the transcendental mellows of the pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Hear With Faith and Love

  1. 1

    Anyone who reads and hears these pastimes with faith and love can gain understanding.

  2. 2

    Such reading and hearing reveal the truth about devotional service and devotees.

  3. 3

    They also reveal the transcendental mellows of the pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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. śraddhā kari’with faith and love
  2. ei līlāthese pastimes
  3. yeianyone who
  4. paḍe śunereads and hears
  5. gaura-līlāthe pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. bhakti-bhakta-rasa-tattvathe truth about devotional service, devotees and their transcendental mellows
  7. jāneunderstands
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

  • 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: “service”

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 might faith and love shape the way you read and hear these pastimes?

Practice

Read one translation from this batch slowly, then write one thing it teaches you about devotional service or devotees.

Live this todayHear With Faith and LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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