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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 25.51Madhya 25.53

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.52

‘পাতঞ্জল’ কহে, — ‘ঈশ্বর হয় স্বরূপ-জ্ঞান’ ।

বেদমতে কহে তাঁরে ‘স্বয়ংভগবান্’ ॥ ৫২ ॥

‘pātañjala’ kahe, — ‘īśvara haya svarūpa-jñāna’

veda-mate kahe tāṅre ‘svayaṁ-bhagavān’

Translation

“The Pātañjala philosophers say that when one is self-realized, he understands the Lord. Similarly, according to the Vedas and Vedic principles, the original cause is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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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.

The Supreme Lord Is the Original Cause

  1. 1

    The Pātañjala philosophers say that one understands the Lord upon becoming self-realized.

  2. 2

    According to the Vedas and Vedic principles, the original cause is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    The Vedic conclusion identifies the original cause as the Supreme Person, not merely material nature or atoms.

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 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. From that day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became famous in the city of Vārāṇasī, and many important men in that city became His followers.
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. pātañjala kahethe Pātañjala philosophers say
  2. īśvara hayathe Supreme Lord is
  3. svarūpa-jñānaself-realization
  4. veda-matein the Vedic version
  5. kahethey say
  6. tāṅreto Him
  7. svayam-bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does accepting the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the original cause shape my understanding of the world?

Practice

Write down the Vedic conclusion stated here and read it slowly once.

Live this todayThe Supreme Lord Is the Original CauseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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