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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 22.96

কঃ পণ্ডিতস্ত্বদপরং শরণং সমীয়া-

দ্ভক্তপ্রিয়াদৃতগিরঃ সুহৃদঃ কৃতজ্ঞাৎ ।

সর্বান্‌ দদাতি সুহৃদো ভজতোঽভিকামা-

নাত্মানমপ্যুপচয়াপচয়ৌ ন যস্য ॥ ৯৬ ॥

kaḥ paṇḍitas tvad-aparaṁ śaraṇaṁ samīyād

bhakta-priyād ṛta-giraḥ suhṛdaḥ kṛtajñāt

sarvān dadāti suhṛdo bhajato ’bhikāmān

ātmānam apy upacayāpacayau na yasya

Translation

“ ‘My dear Lord, You are very affectionate to Your devotees. You are also a truthful and grateful friend. Where is that learned man who would give You up and surrender to someone else? You fulfill all the desires of Your devotees, so much so that sometimes You even give Yourself to them. Still, You neither increase nor decrease by such activity.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Is a Grateful Friend

  1. 1

    The Lord is affectionate to His devotees and is their truthful, grateful friend.

  2. 2

    He fulfills His devotees’ desires and sometimes even gives Himself to them.

  3. 3

    Such giving neither increases nor decreases Him. A learned person would not give Him up to surrender to someone else.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 22.96 quotesSB 10.48.26

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.48.26).

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 has to fully surrender unto the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and give up attraction for women and nondevotees. The six symptoms of fully surrendered souls are also described in this chapter.
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. kaḥwhat
  2. paṇḍitaḥlearned man
  3. tvat-aparamother than Your Lordship
  4. śaraṇamshelter
  5. samīyātwould take
  6. bhakta-priyātwho are affectionate to Your devotees
  7. ṛta-giraḥwho are truthful to the devotees
  8. suhṛdaḥwho are the friend of the devotees
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “surrender”

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

What does the Lord’s affectionate friendship mean for my willingness to surrender?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer acknowledging the Lord as your truthful and grateful friend.

Live this todayThe Lord Is a Grateful FriendThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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