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  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 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple
Madhya 12.192Madhya 12.194

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.193

নিত্যানন্দ কহে, — তুমি অদ্বৈত-আচার্য ।

‘অদ্বৈত-সিদ্ধান্তে’ বাধে শুদ্ধভক্তিকার্য ॥ ১৯৩ ॥

nityānanda kahe — tumi advaita-ācārya

‘advaita-siddhānte’ bādhe śuddha-bhakti-kārya

Translation

Nityānanda Prabhu immediately refuted Śrīla Advaita Ācārya, saying, “You are a teacher of impersonal monism, and the monistic conclusion is a great hindrance to progressive, pure devotional service.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Monism Hinders Pure Devotional Service

  1. 1

    Nityānanda Prabhu immediately refuted Śrīla Advaita Ācārya.

  2. 2

    He addressed Him as a teacher of impersonal monism.

  3. 3

    He declared that the monistic conclusion is a great hindrance to progressive, pure devotional service.

How it feels

Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.

The mood of Madhya 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple

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

In answer to this humorous statement, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu replied that Advaita Ācārya was a monist and that one could not know how his mind could be turned by eating with such an impersonalist. The conversation of these two prabhus — Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu — carried a deep meaning that only an intelligent man can understand.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nityānanda kaheŚrīla Nityānanda Prabhu said
  2. tumiYou
  3. advaita-ācāryaAdvaita Ācārya, or a teacher of impersonal monism
  4. advaita-siddhāntein that monistic conclusion
  5. bādheis greatly hindered
  6. śuddha-bhakti-kāryathe matter of pure devotional service
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse identify as a hindrance to progress in pure devotional service?

Practice

Write down “pure devotional service” as your devotional aim today, noting the hindrance named in this verse.

Live this todayMonism Hinders Pure Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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