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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 7.87Antya 7.89

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.88

ফল্গুপ্রায় ভট্টের নামাদি সব-ব্যাখ্যা ।

সর্বজ্ঞ প্রভু জানি’ তারে করেন উপেক্ষা ॥ ৮৮ ॥

phalgu-prāya bhaṭṭera nāmādi saba-vyākhyā

sarvajña prabhu jāni’ tāre karena upekṣā

Translation

Being omniscient, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu could understand that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s explanations of Kṛṣṇa’s name and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam were useless. Therefore He did not care about them.

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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.

Elaborate Explanations Are Not Necessarily Useful

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is described as omniscient.

  2. 2

    He understood that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s explanations of Kṛṣṇa’s name and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam were useless.

  3. 3

    Because He understood their lack of value, He did not care about those explanations.

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. phalgu-prāyagenerally useless
  2. bhaṭṭeraof Vallabha Bhaṭṭa
  3. nāma-ādithe holy name and so on
  4. sabaall
  5. vyākhyāexplanations
  6. sarva-jñaomniscient
  7. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. jāni’knowing
  9. tārehim
  10. karena upekṣāneglects
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I value an explanation for its usefulness or merely for how elaborate it sounds?

Practice

Review one study note you have written and check whether it stays close to the text rather than adding unnecessary explanations.

Live this todayElaborate Explanations Are Not Necessarily UsefulThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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