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  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 25.75Madhya 25.77

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.76

জীবন্মুক্তা অপি পুনর্যান্তি সংসারবাসনাম্ ।

যদ্যচিন্ত্যমহাশক্তৌ ভগবত্যপরাধিনঃ ॥ ৭৬ ॥

jīvan-muktā api punar

yānti saṁsāra-vāsanām

yady acintya-mahā-śaktau

bhagavaty aparādhinaḥ

Translation

“ ‘If a person considered liberated in this life commits offenses against the reservoir of inconceivable potencies, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he will again fall down and desire the material atmosphere for material enjoyment.’

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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.

Spiritual Standing Does Not Excuse Offenses

  1. 1

    Even a person considered liberated in this life can commit offenses against the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    The Lord is described as the reservoir of inconceivable potencies.

  3. 3

    Through such offenses, a person will again fall down and desire the material atmosphere for material enjoyment.

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:

By and by, one of the disciples of the great sannyāsī Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī became devoted to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this devotee explained Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and supported His views with various arguments. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to take a bath at Pañcanada, and afterwards all His devotees began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in front of the temple of Bindu Mādhava.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jīvat-muktāḥpersons liberated during this life
  2. apialso
  3. punaḥagain
  4. yāntigo
  5. saṁsāra-vāsanāmto desire material enjoyment
  6. yadiif
  7. acintya-mahā-śaktauto the possessor of inconceivable spiritual potency
  8. bhagavatithe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  9. aparādhinaḥoffenders
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I ever let a sense of spiritual progress weaken my care to avoid offenses?

Practice

Before speaking about the Supreme Personality of Godhead today, pause and choose respectful words.

Live this todaySpiritual Standing Does Not Excuse OffensesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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