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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 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.105Madhya 25.107

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.106

এই ‘তিন’ তত্ত্ব আমি কহিনু তোমারে ।

‘জীব’ তুমি এই তিন নারিবে জানিবারে ॥ ১০৬ ॥

ei ‘tina’ tattva āmi kahinu tomāre

‘jīva’ tumi ei tina nāribe jānibāre

Translation

“ ‘O Brahmā, I shall explain all these truths to you. Since you are a living being [jīva], without My explanation you will not be able to understand your relationship with Me, devotional activity and life’s ultimate goal.

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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.

Understanding Depends on the Lord’s Explanation

  1. 1

    The Lord promises to explain these truths to Brahmā.

  2. 2

    As a living being, or jīva, Brahmā cannot understand these truths without the Lord’s explanation.

  3. 3

    The truths concern one’s relationship with the Lord, devotional activity and life’s ultimate goal.

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 asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about devotional service in terms of the Vedānta-sūtra, and the Lord told him about devotional service that is approved by great personalities who know the Vedānta-sūtra. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then pointed out that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the proper commentary on the Vedānta-sūtra.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei tina tattvaall three of these features of the Absolute Truth
  2. āmiI
  3. kahinushall speak
  4. tomāreunto you
  5. jīvaa living being
  6. tumiyou
  7. ei tinathese three
  8. nāribewill not be able
  9. jānibāreto understand
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “relationship”

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

Am I willing to receive the Lord’s explanation rather than rely only on my own understanding?

Practice

Write down the three subjects named here: relationship with the Lord, devotional activity and life’s ultimate goal.

Live this todayUnderstanding Depends on the Lord’s ExplanationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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