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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 2.91 Madhya 2.93

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.92

সংক্ষেপে এই সূত্র কৈল, যেই ইহাঁ না লিখিল,

আগে তাহা করিব বিস্তার ।

যদি তত দিন জিয়ে, মহাপ্ৰভুর কৃপা হয়ে,

ইচ্ছা ভরি’ করিব বিচার ॥ ৯২ ॥

saṅkṣepe ei sūtra kaila, yei ihāṅ nā likhila,

āge tāhā kariba vistāra

yadi tata dina jiye, mahāprabhura kṛpā haye,

icchā bhari’ kariba vicāra

Translation

In this chapter I have briefly described the antya-līlā. Whatever I have not described I shall describe extensively in the future. If by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy I live for so many days that I can fulfill my desires, I will give full consideration to these pastimes.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Further Service Depends on the Lord’s Mercy

1
The author has briefly described the antya-līlā in this chapter.
2
He intends to describe extensively in the future whatever he has not yet described.
3
Fulfilling this desire depends on living long enough by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy.

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

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

saṅkṣepein brief
ei sūtrathese notes
kailaI have made
yeiwhatever
ihāṅin this
nā likhilaI could not write
āgein the future
tāhāthat

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “depends”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I hold a sincere desire to serve while recognizing my dependence on mercy?

Practice

Set aside a small time for further study, and pray for the mercy to continue.

Live this todayFurther Service Depends on the Lord’s MercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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