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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 7.118Antya 7.120

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.119

অজ্ঞ জীব নিজ-‘হিতে’ ‘অহিত’ করি’ মানে ।

গর্ব চূর্ণ হৈলে, পাছে উঘাড়ে নয়নে ॥ ১১৯ ॥

ajña jīva nija-‘hite’ ‘ahita’ kari’ māne

garva cūrṇa haile, pāche ughāḍe nayane

Translation

An ignorant living being does not recognize his actual profit. Because of ignorance and material pride, he sometimes considers profit a loss, but when his pride is cut down he can actually see his true benefit.

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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.

Humility Reveals Our True Benefit

  1. 1

    An ignorant living being does not recognize his actual profit.

  2. 2

    Ignorance and material pride can make a person mistake a benefit for a loss.

  3. 3

    When pride is cut down, a person can see his true benefit. Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s reflections show this change in understanding.

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. ajña jīvathe ignorant living entity
  2. nija-hitehis personal benefit
  3. ahita kari’ māneconsiders a loss
  4. garva cūrṇa hailewhen pride is cut down
  5. pācheafterward
  6. ughāḍe nayanethe eyes open
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Have I mistaken a helpful correction for a loss because it hurt my pride?

Practice

Reconsider one recent correction and write down one possible benefit you initially overlooked.

Live this todayHumility Reveals Our True BenefitThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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