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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 22: The Process of Devotional Service
Madhya 22.31Madhya 22.33

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.32

বিলজ্জমানয়া যস্য স্থাতুমীক্ষাপথেঽমুয়া ।

বিমোহিতা বিকত্থন্তে মমাহমিতি দুর্ধিয়ঃ ॥ ৩২ ॥

vilajjamānayā yasya

sthātum īkṣā-pathe ’muyā

vimohitā vikatthante

mamāham iti durdhiyaḥ

Translation

“ ‘The external illusory energy of Kṛṣṇa, known as māyā, is always ashamed to stand in front of Kṛṣṇa, just as darkness is ashamed to remain before the sunshine. However, that māyā bewilders unfortunate people who have no intelligence. Thus they simply boast that this material world is theirs and that they are its enjoyers.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Removes False Ownership

  1. 1

    Māyā cannot stand before Kṛṣṇa, just as darkness cannot remain before sunshine.

  2. 2

    Under māyā’s influence, people think the material body and its land are all in all. They claim the world as theirs and themselves as its enjoyers.

  3. 3

    Such misconceptions obscure the real value of life. As soon as one becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, one is relieved from them.

Key points from the purport
  • The entire world is bewildered because people are thinking, “This is my land,” “America is mine,” “India is mine.”
  • Not knowing the real value of life, people think that the material body and the land where it is produced are all in all.
  • Such thinking, which simply bewilders the living being, is nothing but rascalism.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 2

The purport of CC Madhya 22.32 quotesSB 2.5.13

This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.5.13).

The purport of CC Madhya 22.32 quotesSB 2.7.47

There is also another appropriate verse in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.7.47):

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Trust and resolution. Devotional practice and association offer a steady path for awakening love.

The mood of Madhya 22 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 22: The Process of Devotional Service

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

One should give up all these useless processes and take seriously to the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In this way one’s life will be successful.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 22
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vilajjamānayābeing ashamed
  2. yasyaof whom
  3. sthātumto remain
  4. īkṣā-pathein the line of sight
  5. amuyāby that (māyā)
  6. vimohitāḥbewildered
  7. vikatthanteboast
  8. mamamy
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Where do I treat my body, land or possessions as the whole meaning of life?

Practice

Notice one thought of “This is mine” today, and pause to remember that claiming the material world as yours is a misconception.

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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 Consciousness Removes False OwnershipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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