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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.102
‘কে আমি’, ‘কেনে আমায় জারে তাপত্রয়’ ।
ইহা নাহি জানি — ‘কেমনে হিত হয়’ ॥ ১০২ ॥
‘ke āmi’, ‘kene āmāya jāre tāpa-traya’
ihā nāhi jāni — ‘kemane hita haya’
“Who am I? Why do the threefold miseries always give me trouble? If I do not know this, how can I be benefited?
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker asks, “Who am I?” and why the threefold miseries always trouble him. He asks how he can be benefited without knowing this.
The threefold miseries arise from the body and mind, dealings with other living entities, and natural disturbances.
These miseries are always before us and entrap us in a dangerous situation. There is danger in every step of life.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Sanātana Gosvāmī and his servant then spent the night in a small hotel on the way to Benares. The hotel owner knew that Sanātana Gosvāmī and his servant had eight gold coins, and he decided to kill them and take the money.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might recognizing the threefold miseries deepen my inquiry into who I am?
Identify one difficulty you experienced today and note which of the three kinds of misery it belongs to.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
6 lectures given on it · quoted in 29 more lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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