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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 5.34Antya 5.37

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 5.35-36

“আমি ত’ সন্ন্যাসী, আপনারে বিরক্ত করি’ মানি ।

দর্শন রহু দূরে, ‘প্রকৃতির’ নাম যদি শুনি ॥ ৩৫ ॥

“āmi ta’ sannyāsī, āpanāre virakta kari’ māni

darśana rahu dūre, ‘prakṛtira’ nāma yadi śuni

Translation

“I am a sannyāsī,” He said, “and I certainly consider Myself renounced. But what to speak of seeing a woman, if I even hear the name of a woman, I feel changes in My mind and body. Therefore who could remain unmoved by the sight of a woman? It is very difficult.

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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.

Remaining Unmoved Is Very Difficult

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu speaks of Himself as a sannyāsī who considers Himself renounced.

  2. 2

    He says that even hearing the name of a woman brings changes in His mind and body, what to speak of seeing one.

  3. 3

    He emphasizes how difficult it is to remain unmoved. This prepares the listener to hear about Rāmānanda Rāya’s extraordinary steadiness.

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:

Pradyumna Miśra, a resident of Śrīhaṭṭa, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear from Him about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes. The Lord, however, sent him to Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āmiI
  2. ta’certainly
  3. sannyāsīin the renounced order of life
  4. āpanāreMyself
  5. virakta kari’having renounced everything
  6. māniI consider
  7. darśana rahu dūrewhat to speak of seeing
  8. prakṛtiraof a woman
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I honestly acknowledge how easily my own mind is disturbed?

Practice

Take one quiet minute today to notice a situation that unsettles your mind, without claiming to be unaffected.

Live this todayRemaining Unmoved Is Very DifficultThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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