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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 24.327

তবে তার দিশা স্ফুরে মো-নীচের হৃদয় ।

ঈশ্বর তুমি, — যে করাহ, সেই সিদ্ধ হয় ॥” ৩২৭ ॥

tabe tāra diśā sphure mo-nīcera hṛdaya

īśvara tumi, — ye karāha, sei siddha haya”

Translation

“If You would please manifest Yourself within my heart and personally direct me in writing this book, then, although I am lowborn, I may hope to be able to write it. You can do this because You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead Yourself, and whatever You direct is perfect.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Direction Is Perfect

  1. 1

    Sanātana Gosvāmī asks the Lord to manifest Himself within his heart and personally direct his writing.

  2. 2

    Although he considers himself lowborn, he hopes to write the book through the Lord’s guidance.

  3. 3

    He recognizes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Whatever the Lord directs is perfect.

How it feels

Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.

The mood of Madhya 24 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

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

He then concluded that different classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs, karmīs, yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they would give up this process and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabeif You do so
  2. tāraof that
  3. diśāthe process of writing
  4. sphuremanifests
  5. mo-nīceraof someone lowborn like me
  6. hṛdayain the heart
  7. īśvara tumiYou are the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  8. ye karāhawhatever You cause to do
  9. sei siddha hayathat is perfectly done
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Sanātana Gosvāmī combine humility about himself with confidence in the Lord?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer asking the Lord for guidance in one act of devotional service today.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Direction Is PerfectThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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