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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 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
Madhya 20.89Madhya 20.92

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 20.90-91

প্রভু কহে, — “ইহা আমি করিয়াছি বিচার ।

বিষয়-রোগ খণ্ডাইল কৃষ্ণ যে তোমার ॥ ৯০ ॥

prabhu kahe, — “ihā āmi kariyāchi vicāra

viṣaya-roga khaṇḍāila kṛṣṇa ye tomāra

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said, “I have already deliberately considered this matter. Since Lord Kṛṣṇa is very merciful, He has nullified your attachment for material things. Why should Kṛṣṇa allow you to maintain a last bit of material attachment? After vanquishing a disease, a good physician does not allow any of the disease to remain.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Removes Even the Last Material Attachment

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had deliberately considered the matter. He explained that merciful Lord Kṛṣṇa had removed Sanātana Gosvāmī’s attachment for material things.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa would not allow even a last bit of material attachment to remain.

  3. 3

    A good physician does not leave any disease behind after treating it. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used this comparison to explain Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.

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:

One of his servants, Īśāna, followed him, carrying eight gold coins. Sanātana Gosvāmī and his servant then spent the night in a small hotel on the way to Benares.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
  2. ihāthis
  3. āmiI
  4. kariyāchi vicāraconsidered deliberately
  5. viṣaya-rogathe disease of material attraction
  6. khaṇḍāilahas now nullified
  7. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  8. yesince
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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: “merciful”, “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What material attachment do I still feel reluctant to let go of?

Practice

Identify one lingering material attachment and pray to Kṛṣṇa for His mercy in letting it go.

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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 todayKṛṣṇa Removes Even the Last Material AttachmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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