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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 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 11.103Madhya 11.105

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.104

অথাপি তে দেব পদাম্বুজদ্বয়-

প্ৰসাদলেশানুগৃহীত এব হি ।

জানাতি তত্ত্বং ভগবন্মহিম্নো

ন চান্য একোঽপি চিরং বিচিন্বন্ ॥ ১০৪ ॥

athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya-

prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi

jānāti tattvaṁ bhagavan-mahimno

na cānya eko ’pi ciraṁ vicinvan

Translation

“[Lord Brahmā said:] ‘My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of Your lotus feet, he can understand the greatness of Your personality. But those who speculate to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead are unable to know You, even though they continue to study the Vedas for many years.’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Trace of Mercy Reveals the Lord

  1. 1

    Lord Brahmā says that even a slight trace of mercy from the Lord's lotus feet enables one to understand His greatness.

  2. 2

    Those who try to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead by speculation are unable to know Him.

  3. 3

    Even many years of studying the Vedas cannot make speculation sufficient to know the Lord.

Key points from the purport
  • It is explained in the Madhya-līlā, in the sixth chapter, text 84.

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 11.104 quotesSB 10.14.29

This verse is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.29).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.

The mood of Madhya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

During Anavasara, while Lord Jagannātha was resting for fifteen days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being unable to see Lord Jagannātha, went to Ālālanātha. Later, when the devotees from Bengal came to see Him, He returned to Jagannātha Purī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. athatherefore
  2. apiindeed
  3. teYour
  4. devamy Lord
  5. pada-ambuja-dvayaof the two lotus feet
  6. prasādaof the mercy
  7. leśaby only a trace
  8. anugṛhītaḥfavored
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “mercy”, “favored”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I depend only on my own reasoning, or do I also seek the Lord's mercy?

Practice

Before your study today, offer a brief prayer for the mercy to understand the Lord's greatness.

Live this todayA Trace of Mercy Reveals the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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