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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 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
Madhya 19.218Madhya 19.220

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.219

কেবল ‘স্বরূপ-জ্ঞান’ হয় শান্ত-রসে ।

‘পূর্ণৈশ্বর্যপ্ৰভু প্ৰভু-জ্ঞান’ অধিক হয় দাস্যে ॥ ২১৯ ॥

kevala ‘svarūpa-jñāna’ haya śānta-rase

‘pūrṇaiśvarya-prabhu-jñāna’ adhika haya dāsye

Translation

“On the platform of śānta-rasa, one realizes only his constitutional position. But when one is raised to the platform of dāsya-rasa, he better understands the full opulence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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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.

Dāsya-rasa Reveals the Lord’s Opulence More Fully

  1. 1

    On the platform of śānta-rasa, one realizes only one’s constitutional position.

  2. 2

    The verse describes being raised from śānta-rasa to dāsya-rasa.

  3. 3

    In dāsya-rasa, one better understands the full opulence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

How it feels

Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.

The mood of Madhya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

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

Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana. During the ten days at Prayāga, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was instructed by the Lord, who gave him the basic principles of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kevalaonly
  2. svarūpa-jñānaknowledge of the constitutional position of one’s self
  3. hayathere is
  4. śānta-rasein the mellow of neutrality
  5. pūrṇa-aiśvarya-prabhu-jñānaknowledge of the full opulences of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  6. adhikagreater
  7. hayabecomes
  8. dāsyein the transcendental mellow of servitude
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What further understanding does dāsya-rasa bring beyond realizing my constitutional position?

Practice

Make a two-line note contrasting what is realized in śānta-rasa with what is better understood in dāsya-rasa.

Live this todayDāsya-rasa Reveals the Lord’s Opulence More FullyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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