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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 18.188Madhya 18.190

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.189

প্রভু কহে, — তোমার শাস্ত্র স্থাপে ‘নির্বিশেষে’ ।

তাহা খণ্ডি’ ‘সবিশেষ’ স্থাপিয়াছে শেষে ॥ ১৮৯ ॥

prabhu kahe, — tomāra śāstra sthāpe ‘nirviśeṣe’

tāhā khaṇḍi’ ‘saviśeṣa’ sthāpiyāche śeṣe

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “The Koran certainly establishes impersonalism, but at the end it refutes that impersonalism and establishes the personal God.

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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 Conclusion Establishes the Personal God

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu acknowledged that the Koran establishes impersonalism.

  2. 2

    He explained that at the end it refutes that impersonalism.

  3. 3

    According to His explanation, the final conclusion establishes the personal God.

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. prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued to speak
  2. tomāra śāstrayour scripture (the Koran)
  3. sthāpeestablishes
  4. nirviśeṣeimpersonalism
  5. tāhā khaṇḍi’refuting that
  6. sa-viśeṣapersonal God
  7. sthāpiyācheestablished
  8. śeṣeat the end
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Why is it important to consider a scripture’s conclusion, not only its earlier statements?

Practice

Write one sentence summarizing the conclusion Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gives here.

Live this todayThe Conclusion Establishes the Personal GodThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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