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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 21.76

সুখী হও সবে, কিছু নাহি দৈত্য-ভয় ?

তারা কহে, — ‘তোমার প্রসাদে সর্বত্রই জয় ॥ ৭৬ ॥

sukhī hao sabe, kichu nāhi daitya-bhaya?

tārā kahe, — ‘tomāra prasāde sarvatra-i jaya

Translation

“ ‘All of you should be happy. Is there any fear from the demons?’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Victory Comes by Kṛṣṇa’s Mercy

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa told them that they should all be happy.

  2. 2

    He asked whether there was any fear from the demons.

  3. 3

    They replied that by His mercy they were victorious everywhere.

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:

There is also a description of one of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Brahmā. In this chapter the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has presented some nice poems about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s superexcellent beauty.
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. sukhī haobe happy
  2. sabeall of you
  3. kichusome
  4. nāhithere is not
  5. daitya-bhayafear of the demons
  6. tārā kaheall of them replied
  7. tomāra prasādeby Your mercy
  8. sarvatra-ieverywhere
  9. jayavictorious
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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: “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 their reply encourage you to acknowledge Kṛṣṇa’s mercy?

Practice

Recall one difficulty you have overcome and offer Kṛṣṇa a prayer of thanks for His mercy.

Live this todayVictory Comes by Kṛṣṇa’s MercyThis 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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