1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.106
নৌকাতে কালীয়-জ্ঞান, দীপে রত্ন-জ্ঞানে !
জালিয়ারে মূঢ়-লোক ‘কৃষ্ণ’ করি’ মানে ! ১০৬ ॥
naukāte kālīya-jñāna, dīpe ratna-jñāne!
jāliyāre mūḍha-loka ‘kṛṣṇa’ kari’ māne!
“These fools think that the boat is the Kālīya serpent and the torchlight the jewels on his hoods. People also mistake the fisherman for Kṛṣṇa.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The people mistake a boat for the Kālīya serpent.
They think the torchlight is the jewels on his hoods.
They also mistake the fisherman for Kṛṣṇa.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
At Kālīya Lake, many people mistook a fisherman for Kṛṣṇa. When some respectable people came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they expressed their opinion that when one takes sannyāsa, he becomes Nārāyaṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can one mistaken assumption shape the way I understand everything else?
Review one conclusion you reached today and identify what you actually observed.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Madhya 18.106? Get an answer from the verses themselves.