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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 1.177Madhya 1.179

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.178

মোরে কেন পুছ, তুমি পুছ আপন-মন ।

তুমি নরাধিপ হও বিষ্ণু-অংশ সম ॥ ১৭৮ ॥

more kena pucha, tumi pucha āpana-mana

tumi narādhipa hao viṣṇu-aṁśa sama

Translation

“Why are you questioning me? Better that you question your own mind. Because you are the King of the people, you are the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore you can understand this better than I.”

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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.

Reflect on Your Responsibility Before the Lord

  1. 1

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī asked the king why he was questioning him and advised him instead to question his own mind.

  2. 2

    He said that, as king of the people, the king was the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    On that basis, he told the king that he could understand this better than Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī himself.

How it feels

Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.

The mood of Madhya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord. There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. moreunto me
  2. kenawhy
  3. puchayou inquire
  4. tumiyou
  5. puchainquire
  6. āpana-manayour own mind
  7. tumiyou
  8. nara-adhipaKing of the people
  9. haoyou are
  10. viṣṇu-aṁśa samarepresentative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I pause for honest reflection when considering the responsibilities entrusted to me?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute examining a responsibility you hold and how you understand it.

Live this todayReflect on Your Responsibility Before the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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