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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.219

সর্বত্র প্রকাশ তাঁর — ভক্তে সুখ দিতে ।

জগতের অধর্ম নাশি’ ধর্ম স্থাপিতে ॥ ২১৯ ॥

sarvatra prakāśa tāṅra — bhakte sukha dite

jagatera adharma nāśi’ dharma sthāpite

Translation

“The Lord is situated in all the universes in different forms just to please His devotees. Thus the Lord destroys irreligious principles and establishes religious principles.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Forms Encourage Devotional Service

  1. 1

    The Lord is situated in different forms in all the universes to please His devotees. He destroys irreligious principles and establishes religious principles.

  2. 2

    In the material world, the Lord appears in different arcā-mūrtis in temples to decrease the conditioned soul’s material activities and increase spiritual activities.

  3. 3

    Devotees may take advantage of temples and go to see the Lord. By visiting these places and seeing Him, they become very happy in devotional service.

Key points from the purport
  • In the material world, the Lord is situated in different arcā-mūrtis (Deities) in the temples just to decrease the material activities of the conditioned soul and increase his spiritual activities.
  • Devotees may take advantage of them and go see the Lord at Jagannātha Purī, Vṛndāvana, Prayāga, Mathurā, Hardwar and Viṣṇu-kāñcī.
  • When the devotees travel to these places and see the Lord, they become very happy in devotional service.

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

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

Further reading

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

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

Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sarvatraeverywhere
  2. prakāśamanifestations
  3. tāṅraHis
  4. bhakteto the devotees
  5. sukha diteto give happiness
  6. jagateraof the material world
  7. adharmairreligious principles
  8. nāśi’destroying
  9. dharmareligious principles
  10. sthāpiteto establish
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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

How can I make more room for spiritual activities in my day?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today to plan a visit to a temple to see the Lord.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Forms Encourage Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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