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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 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 2.81Madhya 2.83

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.82

এই গুপ্ত ভাব-সিন্ধু,     ব্রহ্মা না পায় এক বিন্দু,

হেন ধন বিলাইল সংসারে ।

ঐছে দয়ালু অবতার,     ঐছে দাতা নাহি আর,

গুণ কেহ নারে বর্ণিবারে ॥ ৮২ ॥

ei gupta bhāva-sindhu, brahmā nā pāya eka bindu,

hena dhana vilāila saṁsāre

aiche dayālu avatāra, aiche dātā nāhi āra,

guṇa keha nāre varṇibāre

Translation

No one, not even Lord Brahmā, can ascertain or even taste a drop of this confidential ocean of ecstasy, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, out of His causeless mercy, has distributed this love of Godhead all over the world. Thus there cannot be any incarnation more munificent than Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. There is no greater donor. Who can describe His transcendental qualities?

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

No Greater Donor of Divine Love

  1. 1

    No one, not even Lord Brahmā, can ascertain or taste even a drop of this confidential ocean of ecstasy.

  2. 2

    Yet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has distributed this love of Godhead throughout the world out of His causeless mercy.

  3. 3

    There is no more munificent incarnation and no greater donor. His transcendental qualities are beyond description.

How it feels

Overwhelming divine separation. A preview of the last years reveals the Lord’s intense separation from Kṛṣṇa.

The mood of Madhya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

At that time the author, Śrīla Kavirāja Gosvāmī, met Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, by whose mercy he also could memorize all the notes. In this way the author was able to complete this transcendental literature, Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 2
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eithis
  2. guptaconfidential
  3. bhāva-sindhuocean of ecstasies
  4. brahmāLord Brahmā
  5. nādoes not
  6. pāyaget
  7. ekaone
  8. bindudrop
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Audārya · Love that moves outward

    The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “distributed”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of godhead”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does receiving love through causeless mercy mean to me?

Practice

Reread the translation today and offer a brief expression of gratitude for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy.

Live this todayNo Greater Donor of Divine LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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