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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 25.105

জ্ঞানং পরমগুহ্যং মে যদ্বিজ্ঞান-সমন্বিতম্ ।

স-রহস্যং তদঙ্গঞ্চ গৃহাণ গদিতং ময়া ॥ ১০৫ ॥

jñānaṁ parama-guhyaṁ me

yad vijñāna-samanvitam

sa-rahasyaṁ tad-aṅgaṁ ca

gṛhāṇa gaditaṁ mayā

Translation

“ ‘Please hear attentively what I shall speak to you, for transcendental knowledge about Me is not only scientific but full of mysteries.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hear Transcendental Knowledge Attentively

  1. 1

    The Lord asks the listener to hear attentively what He will speak.

  2. 2

    Transcendental knowledge about the Lord is scientific.

  3. 3

    This knowledge is also full of mysteries; attentive hearing is called for.

Key points from the purport
  • For an explanation see Ādi-līlā, chapter one, text 51.

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 25.105 quotesSB 2.9.31

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.9.31).

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

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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

He was always very happy to hear the glories of the Lord, and it was by his arrangement that all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He invited all the sannyāsīs to his house to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this incident has been described in the seventh chapter of the Ādi-līlā.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jñānamknowledge
  2. paramaextremely
  3. guhyamconfidential
  4. meof Me
  5. yatwhich
  6. vijñānarealization
  7. samanvitamfully endowed with
  8. sa-rahasyamwith mystery
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I give fuller attention to the Lord’s words?

Practice

Read this translation slowly twice, setting aside distractions.

Live this todayHear Transcendental Knowledge AttentivelyThis 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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