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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 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa
Antya 7.121Antya 7.123

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.122

‘আমি জিতি’, — এই গর্ব-শূন্য হউক ইঁহার চিত ।

ঈশ্বর-স্বভাব, — করেন সবাকার হিত ॥ ১২২ ॥

‘āmi jiti’, — ei garva-śūnya ha-uka iṅhāra cita

īśvara-svabhāva, — karena sabākāra hita

Translation

“Being very proud of my learning, I am thinking, ‘Let me become victorious.’ Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, however, is trying to purify me by nullifying this false pride, for a characteristic of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is that He acts for everyone’s welfare.

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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.

Purification Matters More Than Winning

  1. 1

    Vallabha Bhaṭṭa recognized that he was very proud of his learning and wanted to become victorious.

  2. 2

    He understood that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was trying to purify him by nullifying this false pride.

  3. 3

    Acting for everyone’s welfare is a characteristic of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord’s correction expressed that concern.

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:

Before this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was greatly attached to Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Therefore He acted as if displeased with Gadādhara Paṇḍita.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āmi jitilet me become victorious
  2. eithis
  3. garvapride
  4. śūnyadevoid of
  5. ha-ukalet be
  6. iṅhāra citathis person’s mind
  7. īśvara-svabhāvathe characteristic of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  8. karenaHe does
  9. sabākāraof everyone
  10. hitabenefit
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When I share what I know, am I trying to help or trying to win?

Practice

In one discussion today, set aside the wish to win and listen carefully before responding.

Live this todayPurification Matters More Than WinningThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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