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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 1.189Madhya 1.191

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.190

মত্তুল্যো নাস্তি পাপাত্মা নাপরাধী চ কশ্চন ।

পরিহারেঽপি লজ্জা মে কিং ব্রুবে পুরুষোত্তম ॥ ১৯০ ॥

mat-tulyo nāsti pāpātmā

nāparādhī ca kaścana

parihāre ’pi lajjā me

kiṁ bruve puruṣottama

Translation

“ ‘Dear Lord, let us inform you that no one is more sinful than us, nor is there any offender like us. Even if we wanted to mention our sinful activities, we would immediately become ashamed. And what to speak of giving them up!’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honestly Acknowledge Sinful Habits

  1. 1

    The brothers described themselves as unmatched in sin and offenses.

  2. 2

    They said that even mentioning their sinful activities would immediately make them ashamed. Giving those activities up seemed still more difficult.

  3. 3

    The purport identifies this prayer as coming from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.154), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. matme
  2. tulyaḥlike
  3. na astithere is not
  4. pāpa-ātmāsinful man
  5. na aparādhīnor an offender
  6. caalso
  7. kaścanaanyone
  8. parihārein begging pardon
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What habit do I find difficult both to acknowledge and to give up?

Practice

In a private prayer, honestly acknowledge one wrong habit and your difficulty in leaving it behind.

Live this todayHonestly Acknowledge Sinful HabitsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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