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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 22.43Madhya 22.45

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.44

মৈবং মমাধমস্যাপি স্যাদেবাচ্যুতদর্শনম্‌ ।

হ্রিয়মাণঃ কালনদ্যা ক্বচিত্তরতি কশ্চন ॥ ৪৪ ॥

maivaṁ mamādhamasyāpi

syād evācyuta-darśanam

hriyamāṇaḥ kāla-nadyā

kvacit tarati kaścana

Translation

“ ‘Because I am so fallen, I shall never get a chance to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” This was my false apprehension. Rather, by chance a person as fallen as I am may get to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although one is being carried away by the waves of the river of time, one may eventually reach the shore.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Being Fallen Does Not End Hope

  1. 1

    Akrūra describes his fear that he would never see the Supreme Personality of Godhead because he was so fallen.

  2. 2

    He recognizes this fear as a false apprehension: even someone as fallen as himself may get to see the Lord.

  3. 3

    Though carried away by the waves of the river of time, a person may eventually reach the shore.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.38.5) was spoken by Akrūra.

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· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 22.44 quotesSB 10.38.5

This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.38.5) was spoken by Akrūra.

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:

An intelligent person should abandon the processes of karma-kāṇḍa, jñāna-kāṇḍa and mystic yoga. One should give up all these useless processes and take seriously to the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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. mānot
  2. evamthus
  3. mamaof me
  4. adhamasyawho is the most fallen
  5. apialthough
  6. syātthere may be
  7. evacertainly
  8. acyuta-darśanamseeing of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “fallen”

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

Do I ever mistake feelings of unworthiness for proof that I cannot approach the Lord?

Practice

Read this translation once today, pausing over its assurance that being fallen does not rule out seeing the Lord.

Live this todayBeing Fallen Does Not End HopeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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