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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 25.3

এই মত মহাপ্রভু দুই মাস পর্যন্ত ।

শিখাইলা তাঁরে ভক্তিসিদ্ধান্তের অন্ত ॥ ৩ ॥

ei mata mahāprabhu dui māsa paryanta

śikhāilā tāṅre bhakti-siddhāntera anta

Translation

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī in all the conclusions of devotional service for two consecutive months.

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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.

Devotional learning takes sustained attention

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally instructed Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī.

  2. 2

    His instruction covered all the conclusions of devotional service.

  3. 3

    These teachings continued for two consecutive months, showing the sustained attention given to this instruction.

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 matain this way
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. dui māsa paryantafor two months
  4. śikhāilāinstructed
  5. tāṅrehim
  6. bhakti-siddhāntera antaall the conclusions of devotional service
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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 can you make more regular time to learn about devotional service?

Practice

Choose a regular five-minute study time and begin today.

Live this todayDevotional learning takes sustained attentionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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