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  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 19.232Madhya 19.234

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.233

আকাশাদি গুণ যেন পর পর ভূতে ।

এক-দুই-তিন-চারি ক্রমে পঞ্চ পৃথিবীতে ॥ ২৩৩ ॥

ākāśādi guṇa yena para para bhūte

eka-dui-tina-cāri krame pañca pṛthivīte

Translation

“All the material qualities evolve one after another in the material elements, beginning from ether. By gradual evolution, first one quality develops, then two qualities develop, then three and four, until all five qualities are found in earth.

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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.

Qualities Accumulate Through the Material Elements

  1. 1

    Material qualities evolve one after another in the material elements, beginning from ether.

  2. 2

    Through gradual evolution, one quality develops, followed by two, three, and four.

  3. 3

    All five qualities are found in earth.

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:

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. The Lord then sent Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ākāśa-ādibeginning with the sky
  2. guṇaqualities
  3. yenaas
  4. para paraone after another
  5. bhūtein the material elements
  6. ekaone
  7. duitwo
  8. tinathree
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the gradual increase from one quality to five help you understand accumulation?

Practice

Write the sequence “one, two, three, four, five,” noting ether at the beginning and earth as containing all five qualities.

Live this todayQualities Accumulate Through the Material ElementsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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