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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 7.123Antya 7.125

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.124

আমার ‘হিত’ করেন, — ইহো আমি মানি ‘দুঃখ’ ।

কৃষ্ণের উপরে কৈল যেন ইন্দ্র মহামূর্খ ।।” ১২৪ ।। ॥ ১২৪ ॥

āmāra ‘hita’ karena, — iho āmi māni ‘duḥkha’

kṛṣṇera upare kaila yena indra mahā-mūrkha”

Translation

“He is actually acting for my benefit, although I interpret His actions as insults. This is exactly like the incident in which Lord Kṛṣṇa cut down Indra, the great, puffed-up fool, to correct him.”

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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.

Seeing Benefit Beyond Wounded Pride

  1. 1

    Vallabha Bhaṭṭa recognized that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was actually acting for his benefit.

  2. 2

    He acknowledged that he had interpreted the Lord’s beneficial actions as insults.

  3. 3

    He compared his correction to Kṛṣṇa’s cutting down Indra’s inflated pride. Both instances showed the Lord correcting false pride.

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:

Later, when Vallabha Bhaṭṭa became intimately connected with the Lord, the Lord advised him to take instructions from Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Thus the Lord expressed His feelings of love for Gadādhara Paṇḍita.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āmāramy
  2. hitabenefit
  3. karenaHe is doing
  4. ihothis
  5. āmiI
  6. māniconsider
  7. duḥkhaunhappiness
  8. kṛṣṇera upareupon Kṛṣṇa
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What changes when I distinguish wounded pride from my actual welfare?

Practice

Write one sentence about how a correction that hurt your pride could still help you.

Live this todaySeeing Benefit Beyond Wounded PrideThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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