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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 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 2.92Madhya 2.94

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.93

ছোট বড় ভক্তগণ,     বন্দোঁ সবার শ্রীচরণ,

সবে মোরে করহ সন্তোষ ।

স্বরূপ-গোসাঞির মত,     রূপ-রঘুনাথ জানে যত,

তাই লিখি’ নাহি মোর দোষ ॥ ৯৩ ॥

choṭa baḍa bhakta-gaṇa, vandoṅ sabāra śrī-caraṇa,

sabe more karaha santoṣa

svarūpa-gosāñira mata, rūpa-raghunātha jāne yata,

tāi likhi’ nāhi mora doṣa

Translation

I worship herewith the lotus feet of all kinds of devotees, both advanced and neophyte. I request all of them to be satisfied with me. I am faultless because I have written herein whatever I have understood from Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rūpa and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmīs. I have neither added to nor subtracted from their version.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honor Devotees and Transmit Teachings Faithfully

  1. 1

    The purport names three kinds of devotees: experts in devotional service, those engaged in devotional service, and initiated devotees engaged in chanting. The author begs the mercy of them all and asks them to be pleased with him.

  2. 2

    With great humility, he begs pardon from neophyte devotees who might think he has made errors. Skill in argument and imitation of a smārta-brāhmaṇa do not mean advanced devotional understanding.

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    Dedicated to the lotus feet of the previous ācāryas, he writes only what he has learned in the disciplic succession. He has no desire to add anything or subtract anything.

Key points from the purport
  • According to Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, there are three kinds of devotees, known as bhajana-vijña (experts in devotional service), bhajana-śīla (devotees engaged in devotional service) and kṛṣṇa-nāme dīkṣita kṛṣṇa-nāma-kārī (initiated devotees engaged in chanting).
  • He says, “Let the neophyte devotees — the devotees who are very expert in arguing though they have no sense of advanced devotional service, who think themselves very advanced because they imitate some smārta-brāhmaṇa — let such devotees not be displeased with me, thinking that I have committed errors in this regard.
  • I have only written what I have heard in the disciplic succession because I am dedicated to the lotus feet of previous ācāryas like Svarūpa Dāmodara, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

After the disappearance of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana. At that time the author, Śrīla Kavirāja Gosvāmī, met Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, by whose mercy he also could memorize all the notes.
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. choṭasmall
  2. baḍagreat
  3. bhakta-gaṇadevotees
  4. vandoṅI worship
  5. sabāraall of them
  6. śrī-caraṇathe lotus feet
  7. sabeall of you
  8. moreunto me
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “humility”

  • 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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When I share a devotional teaching, am I careful to preserve what I have actually learned?

Practice

Write one sentence summarizing this verse, then check that you have neither added to nor omitted its central teaching.

Live this todayHonor Devotees and Transmit Teachings FaithfullyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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