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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 7.15Antya 7.17

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.16

মহাপ্রভু কহে — “শুন, ভট্ট মহামতি ।

মায়াবাদী সন্ন্যাসী আমি, না জানি কৃষ্ণভক্তি ॥ ১৬ ॥

mahāprabhu kahe — “śuna, bhaṭṭa mahā-mati

māyāvādī sannyāsī āmi, nā jāni kṛṣṇa-bhakti

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “My dear Vallabha Bhaṭṭa, you are a learned scholar. Kindly listen to Me. I am a sannyāsī of the Māyāvāda school. Therefore I have no chance of knowing what kṛṣṇa-bhakti is.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Modest Reply to Praise

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addresses Vallabha Bhaṭṭa as a learned scholar and kindly asks him to listen.

  2. 2

    In His reply, He describes Himself as a sannyāsī of the Māyāvāda school.

  3. 3

    He says that He therefore has no chance of knowing what kṛṣṇa-bhakti is. Following the praise in the preceding verses, His reply is strikingly modest.

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:

In this chapter, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meeting with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa is described. There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mahāprabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied
  2. śunaplease hear
  3. bhaṭṭaMy dear Vallabha Bhaṭṭa
  4. mahā-matilearned scholar
  5. māyāvādīin the Māyāvāda school
  6. sannyāsīsannyāsī
  7. āmiI
  8. nā jāniI do not know
  9. kṛṣṇa-bhaktidevotional service to Kṛṣṇa
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from the modest way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu responds to praise?

Practice

In one conversation today, acknowledge the other person's learning without drawing attention to your own.

Live this todayA Modest Reply to PraiseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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