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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 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 17.113Madhya 17.115

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.114

দেখিলে সে জানি তাঁর ‘ঈশ্বরের রীতি’ ।

অলৌকিক কথা শুনি’ কে করে প্রতীতি ?” ১১৪ ॥

dekhile se jāni tāṅra ‘īśvarera rīti’

alaukika kathā śuni’ ke kare pratīti?”

Translation

“Simply by seeing Him, one understands that He possesses all the characteristics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such characteristics are certainly uncommon. Who will believe it?”

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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.

His Uncommon Divine Characteristics

  1. 1

    Simply by seeing Him, one understands that He possesses all the characteristics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    These characteristics are certainly uncommon.

  3. 3

    The speaker asks, “Who will believe it?”

How it feels

Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.

The mood of Madhya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

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

Seeing the behavior of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, a Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa informed Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, the leader of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs. Prakāśānanda made various accusations against the Lord.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dekhilesimply by seeing
  2. seHim
  3. jāniI understand
  4. tāṅraHis
  5. īśvarera rīticharacteristics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  6. alaukikauncommon
  7. kathāstory
  8. śuni’hearing
  9. kewho
  10. kare pratītiwill believe
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the speaker’s question reveal about how extraordinary these characteristics are?

Practice

Reread the verse today and pause over the statement that He possesses all the characteristics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Live this todayHis Uncommon Divine CharacteristicsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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