1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.31
সেই হৈতে ঈশ্বরপুরী — ‘প্রেমের সাগর’ ।
রামচন্দ্রপুরী হৈল সর্বনিন্দাকর ॥ ৩১ ॥
sei haite īśvara-purī — ‘premera sāgara’
rāmacandra-purī haila sarva-nindākara
Thus Īśvara Purī became like an ocean of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, whereas Rāmacandra Purī became a dry speculator and a critic of everyone else.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Īśvara Purī became like an ocean of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.
Rāmacandra Purī became a dry speculator and a critic of everyone else.
The verse places these outcomes side by side. In context, they follow Īśvara Purī’s service and blessing, and Rāmacandra Purī’s offense and rebuke.
Discomfort and vigilance. Fault-finding disrupts devotional life, exposing the emotional cost of criticism.
The mood of Antya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Although Rāmacandra Purī was one of the disciples of Mādhavendra Purī, he was influenced by dry Māyāvādīs, and therefore he criticized Mādhavendra Purī. Therefore Mādhavendra Purī accused him of being an offender and rejected him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love for krsna”, “ecstatic love”
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: “blessing”
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Are my habits nurturing devotion to Kṛṣṇa or a tendency to criticize others?
When you notice an urge to criticize today, pause and spend a moment chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name instead.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Antya 8.31? Get an answer from the verses themselves.