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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
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.5

সন্ন্যাসীর গণ প্রভুরে যদি উপেক্ষিল ।

ভক্ত-দুঃখ খণ্ডাইতে তারে কৃপা কৈল ॥ ৫ ॥

sannyāsīra gaṇa prabhure yadi upekṣila

bhakta-duḥkha khaṇḍāite tāre kṛpā kaila

Translation

When the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs at Vārāṇasī criticized Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Lord’s devotees became very much depressed. To satisfy them, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed His mercy to the sannyāsīs.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Mercy answers criticism and comforts devotees

  1. 1

    The Māyāvādī sannyāsīs at Vārāṇasī criticized Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    The Lord’s devotees became very much depressed by this criticism.

  3. 3

    To satisfy His devotees, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed mercy to the sannyāsīs.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sannyāsīra gaṇaall the sannyāsīs
  2. prabhureLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. yadiwhen
  4. upekṣilacriticized
  5. bhakta-duḥkhathe unhappiness of the devotees
  6. khaṇḍāiteto drive away
  7. tāreto them
  8. kṛpā kailashowed His mercy
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the Lord showing mercy to those whose criticism distressed His devotees?

Practice

Recall one criticism that upset you, and pause to consider a merciful rather than harsh response.

Live this todayMercy answers criticism and comforts devoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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