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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 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana
Madhya 18.116Madhya 18.118

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.117

লোক কহে, — তোমাতে কভু নহে ‘জীব’-মতি ।

কৃষ্ণের সদৃশ তোমার আকৃতি-প্রকৃতি ॥ ১১৭ ॥

loka kahe, — tomāte kabhu nahe ‘jīva’-mati

kṛṣṇera sadṛśa tomāra ākṛti-prakṛti

Translation

After Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the difference between an ordinary living being and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the people said, “No one considers You an ordinary human being. You are like Kṛṣṇa in every respect, in both bodily features and characteristics.

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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.

Recognizing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as Extraordinary

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the difference between an ordinary living being and the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    The people replied that no one considered Him an ordinary human being.

  3. 3

    They said He was like Kṛṣṇa in every respect, both in bodily features and in characteristics.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana

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

In this way, their Kṛṣṇa consciousness was awakened, and they could understand that a sannyāsī is simply a living entity and not the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. loka kahethe people said
  2. tomāteunto You
  3. kabhuat any time
  4. nahethere is not
  5. jīva-maticonsidering an ordinary living being
  6. kṛṣṇera sadṛśalike Lord Kṛṣṇa
  7. tomāraYour
  8. ākṛtibodily features
  9. prakṛticharacteristics
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What did the people recognize in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu beyond an ordinary human appearance?

Practice

Note the two things the people compared with Kṛṣṇa: bodily features and characteristics.

Live this todayRecognizing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as ExtraordinaryThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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