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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 1.29 Madhya 1.31

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.30

এই মত লোকে চৈতন্য-ভক্তি লওয়াইল ।

দীনহীন, নিন্দক, সবারে নিস্তারিল ॥ ৩০ ॥

ei mata loke caitanya-bhakti laoyāila

dīna-hīna, nindaka, sabāre nistārila

Translation

In this way, Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu introduced the cult of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to everyone without discrimination. Even though the people were fallen souls and blasphemers, they were delivered by this process.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotion Offered to Everyone Without Discrimination

1
Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu introduced the devotional way of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to everyone.
2
He did so without discrimination, including fallen souls and blasphemers.
3
Even these people were delivered by this process.

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

Madhya 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

In this chapter there is a summary description of all the pastimes performed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu during the middle period of His activities as well as the six years at the end of His activities. All of these are described in brief.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

ei matain this way
lokethe people in general
caitanyaof Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
bhaktithe devotional service
laoyāilaHe caused to accept
dīna-hīnapoor fallen souls
nindakablasphemers
sabāreeveryone
nistārilaHe delivered

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “to everyone”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
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: “delivered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do you sometimes think someone is beyond the reach of the devotional way described here?

Practice

Recall one person you tend to dismiss, and reflect that Nityānanda Prabhu offered this devotional way without discrimination.

Live this todayDevotion Offered to Everyone Without DiscriminationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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