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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 25.91 Madhya 25.93

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.92

তাঁর সূত্রের অর্থ কোন জীব নাহি জানে ।

অতএব আপনে সূত্রার্থ করিয়াছে ব্যাখ্যানে ॥ ৯২ ॥

tāṅra sūtrera artha kona jīva nāhi jāne

ataeva āpane sūtrārtha kariyāche vyākhyāne

Translation

“The purport of the Vedānta-sūtra is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand, but Vyāsadeva, out of his causeless mercy, has personally explained the meaning.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Vyāsadeva Mercifully Explains the Meaning

1
The purport of the Vedānta-sūtra is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand.
2
Vyāsadeva personally explains its meaning rather than leaving readers without guidance.
3
His explanation is an act of causeless mercy. In the surrounding explanation, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is identified as his commentary.

How it feels

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

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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.

tāṅra sūtrera arthathe meaning of Vyāsadeva’s Vedānta-sūtra
konaany
jīvaliving being
nāhi jānedoes not know
ataevatherefore
āpanepersonally
sūtra-arthathe meanings of the sūtras
kariyāche vyākhyānehas described

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

How does receiving an explanation as mercy change your attitude toward a difficult teaching?

Practice

Pause before studying today and acknowledge with gratitude Vyāsadeva’s effort to explain the meaning.

Live this todayVyāsadeva Mercifully Explains the MeaningThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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