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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 18.186Madhya 18.188

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.187

‘অদ্বৈত-ব্রহ্মবাদ’ সেই করিল স্থাপন ।

তার শাস্ত্রযুক্ত্যে তারে প্রভু কৈলা খণ্ডন ॥ ১৮৭ ॥

‘advaita-brahma-vāda’ sei karila sthāpana

tāra śāstra-yuktye tāre prabhu kailā khaṇḍana

Translation

When that person tried to establish the impersonal Brahman conception of the Absolute Truth on the basis of the Koran, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refuted his argument.

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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.

The Impersonal Conception Is Refuted

  1. 1

    The person presented an impersonal Brahman conception of the Absolute Truth.

  2. 2

    He based his argument on the Koran.

  3. 3

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refuted his argument.

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:

From the Koran, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu established devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. Thus the leader of the soldiers, named Vijulī Khān, surrendered to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he and his party became devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. advaita-brahma-vādathe impersonal Brahman conception
  2. seithat saintly person
  3. karila sthāpanaestablished
  4. tāra śāstra-yuktyeon the logic of his scripture
  5. tāreunto him
  6. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. kailādid
  8. khaṇḍanarefutation
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to examine a spiritual understanding I have firmly held?

Practice

Reread the translation and identify exactly which conception Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refuted.

Live this todayThe Impersonal Conception Is RefutedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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