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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 7.43Antya 7.45

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.44

ন পারয়েঽহং নিরবদ্যসংযুজাং স্বসাধুকৃত্যং বিবুধায়ুষাপি বঃ ।

যা মাঽভজন্ দুর্জরগেহশৃঙ্খলাঃ সংবৃশ্চ্য তদ্বঃ প্রতিযাতু সাধুনা ॥ ৪৪ ॥

na pāraye ’haṁ niravadya-saṁyujāṁ

sva-sādhu-kṛtyaṁ vibudhāyuṣāpi vaḥ

yā mābhajan durjaya-geha-śṛṅkhalāḥ

saṁvṛścya tad vaḥ pratiyātu sādhunā

Translation

“ ‘O gopīs, I am not able to repay My debt for your spotless service, even within a lifetime of Brahmā. Your connection with Me is beyond reproach. You have worshiped Me, cutting off all domestic ties, which are difficult to break. Therefore please let your own glorious deeds be your compensation.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Spotless Service Beyond Repayment

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa says He cannot repay the gopīs’ spotless service, even within a lifetime of Brahmā.

  2. 2

    He declares their connection with Him beyond reproach, recognizing that they have broken domestic ties that are difficult to break.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa asks that their own glorious deeds be their compensation.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 7.44 quotesSB 10.32.22

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.32.22).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nanot
  2. pārayeam able to make
  3. ahamI
  4. niravadya-saṁyujāmto those who are completely free from deceit
  5. sva-sādhu-kṛtyamproper compensation
  6. vibudha-āyuṣāwith a lifetime as long as that of the demigods
  7. apialthough
  8. vaḥto you
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīs”, “gopīs’”

  • 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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Kṛṣṇa’s praise help you appreciate the value of spotless service?

Practice

Before one act of devotional service today, pause and set aside the wish for personal reward.

Live this todaySpotless Service Beyond RepaymentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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