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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 7.21 Antya 7.23

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.22

তেঁহ দেখাইলা মোরে ভক্তিযোগ-পার ।

তাঁর প্রসাদে জানিলুঁ ‘কৃষ্ণভক্তিযোগ’ সার ॥ ২২ ॥

teṅha dekhāilā more bhakti-yoga-pāra

tāṅra prasāde jāniluṅ ‘kṛṣṇa-bhakti-yoga’ sāra

Translation

“Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya has shown Me the limit of devotional service. Only by his mercy have I understood that devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is the essence of all mystic yoga.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Service Is the Essence of Yoga

1
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya has shown the speaker the limit of devotional service.
2
The speaker credits his mercy alone for this understanding.
3
Devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is the essence of all mystic yoga.

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

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.

teṅhahe
dekhāilāhas shown
moreto Me
bhakti-yogaof devotional service
pārathe limit
tāṅra prasādeby his mercy
jāniluṅI have understood
kṛṣṇa-bhaktiof devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa
yogaof the yoga system
sārathe essence

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How would seeing devotional service to Kṛṣṇa as the essence of yoga shape my spiritual priorities?

Practice

Before your devotional practice today, pause and recall that service to Kṛṣṇa is the essence of all mystic yoga.

Live this todayDevotional Service Is the Essence of YogaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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