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  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 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
Antya 6.313Antya 6.315

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.314

আত্মানং চেদ্বিজানীয়াত্ পরং জ্ঞানধুতাশয়ঃ ।

কিমিচ্ছন্ কস্য বা হেতোর্দেহং পুষ্ণাতি লম্পটঃ ॥ ৩১৪ ॥

ātmānaṁ ced vijānīyāt

paraṁ jñāna-dhutāśayaḥ

kim icchan kasya vā hetor

dehaṁ puṣṇāti lampaṭaḥ

Translation

“ ‘If one’s heart has been cleansed by perfect knowledge and one has understood Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Brahman, he then gains everything. Why should such a person act like a debauchee by trying to maintain his material body very carefully?’”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Spiritual Knowledge Frees One From Bodily Absorption

  1. 1

    One whose heart is cleansed by perfect knowledge understands Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Brahman, and gains everything.

  2. 2

    A spiritually situated person does not think that he is the body and does not give it unnecessary attention.

  3. 3

    Such spiritual understanding enables severe penances in the renounced order of life. Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī is presented as the best example of this renunciation.

Key points from the purport
  • On the spiritual platform, one does not unnecessarily care for the body.
  • One who is spiritually situated does not think that he is the body.
  • Therefore he can transcendentally execute severe penances in the renounced order of life.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 6.314 quotesSB 7.15.40

This verse was spoken by Nārada to Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja regarding a householder’s liberation from material bondage.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.

The mood of Antya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

This renounced life greatly pleased both Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took by force some of the same food, thus blessing Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī for his renunciation.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ātmānamthe soul
  2. cetif
  3. vijānīyātone understands
  4. paramsupreme
  5. jñānaby knowledge
  6. dhutathrown off
  7. āśayaḥmaterial desires
  8. kimwhat
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “cleansed”

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

Where could I reduce unnecessary concern for bodily comfort without neglecting necessary care?

Practice

Set aside one unnecessary comfort today and spend a moment reflecting that you are not the body.

Live this todaySpiritual Knowledge Frees One From Bodily AbsorptionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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