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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 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Madhya 21.144Madhya 21.146

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.145

পুনঃ কহে বাহ্যজ্ঞানে,     আন কহিতে কহিলুঁ আনে,

কৃষ্ণ-কৃপা তোমার উপরে ।

মোর চিত্ত-ভ্রম করি’,     নিজৈশ্বর্য-মাধুরী,

মোর মুখে শুনায় তোমারে ॥ ১৪৫ ॥

punaḥ kahe bāhya-jñāne, āna kahite kahiluṅ āne,

kṛṣṇa-kṛpā tomāra upare

mora citta-bhrama kari’, nijaiśvarya-mādhurī,

mora mukhe śunāya tomāre

Translation

Resuming His external consciousness, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Sanātana Gosvāmī, “I have not spoken of what I intended. Lord Kṛṣṇa is very merciful to you because by bewildering My mind He has revealed His personal opulence and sweetness. He has caused you to hear all these things from Me for your understanding.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Reveals Himself Through His Mercy

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu intended to explain something else, but in transcendental ecstasy He spoke about Kṛṣṇa’s body, characteristics, and flute.

  2. 2

    Such statements would appear like a madman’s statements to a mundane person.

  3. 3

    Through the mouth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Kṛṣṇa revealed Himself and His flute to Sanātana Gosvāmī. This revelation was Kṛṣṇa’s specific mercy upon him.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu admitted that He was speaking like a madman, which He should not have done for the understanding of those who are externally situated.
  • Somehow or other, Kṛṣṇa explained Himself and His flute to Sanātana Gosvāmī through the mouth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who appeared as though mad.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu admitted that He wanted to tell Sanātana Gosvāmī something else, but somehow or other, in transcendental ecstasy, He spoke of a different subject matter.

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

Awe becoming attraction. The Lord’s vast opulence is placed beside the intimate sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.

The mood of Madhya 21 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes Lord Brahmā’s interview with Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā and the Lord’s curbing the pride of Brahmā. There is also a description of one of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Brahmā.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 21
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. punaḥagain
  2. kaheHe says
  3. bāhya-jñānein external consciousness
  4. ānasomething else
  5. kahiteto speak
  6. kahiluṅI have spoken
  7. āneanother thing
  8. kṛṣṇa-kṛpāthe mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa
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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”

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 does recognizing Kṛṣṇa’s mercy affect the way you receive these descriptions?

Practice

Reread the translation and pause to appreciate Kṛṣṇa’s mercy in revealing His opulence and sweetness to Sanātana Gosvāmī.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Reveals Himself Through His MercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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