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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 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa
Antya 7.113Antya 7.115

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.114

সেই ব্যাখ্যা করেন যাহাঁ যেই পড়ে আনি’ ।

একবাক্যতা নাহি, তাতে ‘স্বামী’ নাহি মানি ।।” ১১৪ ।। ॥ ১১৪ ॥

sei vyākhyā karena yāhāṅ yei paḍe āni’

eka-vākyatā nāhi, tāte ‘svāmī’ nāhi māni”

Translation

“Whatever Śrīdhara Svāmī reads he explains according to the circumstances. Therefore he is inconsistent in his explanations and cannot be accepted as an authority.”

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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.

An Accusation Used to Reject Authority

  1. 1

    Vallabha Bhaṭṭa claimed that Śrīdhara Svāmī explained what he read according to the circumstances.

  2. 2

    On that basis, he accused Śrīdhara Svāmī of inconsistency.

  3. 3

    He used this accusation to reject Śrīdhara Svāmī as an authority; the verse records Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s claim.

How it feels

Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.

The mood of Antya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa

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

Therefore He acted as if displeased with Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Later, when Vallabha Bhaṭṭa became intimately connected with the Lord, the Lord advised him to take instructions from Gadādhara Paṇḍita.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. seihe
  2. vyākhyā karenaexplains
  3. yāhāṅwherever
  4. yeiwhatever
  5. paḍereads
  6. āni’accepting
  7. eka-vākyatāconsistency
  8. nāhithere is not
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I careful to distinguish someone’s accusation from an established conclusion?

Practice

When reading this verse today, identify which statements are Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s judgments.

Live this todayAn Accusation Used to Reject AuthorityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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