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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 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple
Madhya 12.49Madhya 12.51

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.50

প্রভু কহে, — আমি মনুষ্য আশ্রমে সন্ন্যাসী ।

কায়মনোবাক্যে ব্যবহারে ভয় বাসি ॥ ৫০ ॥

prabhu kahe, — āmi manuṣya āśrame sannyāsī

kāya-mano-vākye vyavahāre bhaya vāsi

Translation

When Rāmānanda Rāya addressed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Caitanya Mahāprabhu objected, saying, “I am not the Supreme Personality of Godhead but an ordinary human being. Therefore I must fear public opinion in three ways — with My body, mind and words.

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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.

Care in Body, Mind and Words

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya addresses Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu objects, describing Himself as an ordinary human being.

  3. 3

    He says that He must therefore fear public opinion concerning His body, mind and words.

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:

The next day, when Rāmānanda Rāya again entreated Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to see the King, the Lord, denying the request, asked Rāmānanda Rāya to bring the King’s son before Him. The prince visited the Lord dressed like a Vaiṣṇava, and this awakened remembrance of Kṛṣṇa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kahethe Lord said
  2. āmi manuṣyaI am a human being
  3. āśramein the social order
  4. sannyāsīa renounced person
  5. kāya-manaḥ-vākyewith My body, mind and words
  6. vyavahārein general dealings
  7. bhayafear
  8. vāsiI do
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How carefully do I consider my actions, thoughts and words?

Practice

Before one conversation today, pause to consider your thoughts, words and outward behavior.

Live this todayCare in Body, Mind and WordsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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