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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 25.282Antya 1.1

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.283

তদিদমতিরহস্যং গৌরলীলামৃতং যৎ

খল-সমুদয়-কোলৈর্নাদৃতং তৈরলভ্যম্ ।

ক্ষতিরিয়মিহ কা মে স্বাদিতং যৎ সমন্তাৎ

সহৃদয়-সুমনোভির্মোদমেষাং তনোতি ॥ ২৮৩ ॥

tad idam ati-rahasyaṁ gaura-līlāmṛtaṁ yat

khala-samudaya-kolair nādṛtaṁ tair alabhyam

kṣatir iyam iha kā me svāditaṁ yat samantāt

sahṛdaya-sumanobhir modam eṣāṁ tanoti

Translation

The Caitanya-caritāmṛta pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu constitute a very secret literature. It is the life and soul of all devotees. Those who are not fit to relish this literature, who are envious like hogs and pigs, will certainly not adore it. However, this will not harm my attempt. These pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu will certainly please all saintly people who have clear hearts. They will certainly enjoy it. We wish that this will enhance their enjoyment more and more.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Clear Heart Relishes These Pastimes

  1. 1

    The pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu form a very secret literature. Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta is the life and soul of all devotees.

  2. 2

    Those who are envious and unfit to relish this literature will not adore it. Their lack of appreciation does not harm the author’s attempt.

  3. 3

    These pastimes will certainly please saintly people who have clear hearts. The author wishes their enjoyment to increase more and more.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, twenty-fifth chapter, describing how the inhabitants of Vārāṇasī were converted to Vaiṣṇavism.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India. At the end of this chapter, Kavirāja Gosvāmī sums up the incidents of the madhya-līlā and instructs every living being to read this sublime book of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
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. tatthat (Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta)
  2. idamthis
  3. ati-rahasyamfull of spiritual mysteries
  4. gaura-līlā-amṛtamthe nectar of the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. yatwhich
  6. khala-samudayaenvious rascals
  7. kolaiḥby pigs
  8. nanever
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “saintly”

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

How might envy hinder your appreciation of these pastimes?

Practice

Read this translation slowly today, and pause to consider one phrase you appreciate rather than looking for faults.

Live this todayA Clear Heart Relishes These PastimesThis 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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