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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 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla
Madhya 5.104Madhya 5.106

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.105

সাক্ষাতে না দেখিলে মনে প্রতীতি না হয় ।

ইহাঁ যদি রহেন, তবু নাহি কিছু ভয় ॥’ ১০৫ ॥

sākṣāte nā dekhile mane pratīti nā haya

ihāṅ yadi rahena, tabu nāhi kichu bhaya’

Translation

The brāhmaṇa then began to think that if the people didn’t directly see the Gopāla Deity, they would not believe that He had arrived. “But even if Gopāla stays here,” he thought, “there is still nothing to fear.”

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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.

Considering Belief Without Giving Way to Fear

  1. 1

    The brāhmaṇa thought that the people would need to see the Gopāla Deity directly.

  2. 2

    He believed that otherwise they would not accept that Gopāla had arrived.

  3. 3

    Still, he thought that even if Gopāla stayed there, there was nothing to fear.

How it feels

Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.

The mood of Madhya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this way, He gradually arrived at Kamalapura, and on the banks of the Bhārgī River He came to the temple of Lord Śiva, where He entrusted His sannyāsa staff to Nityānanda Prabhu. However, Nityānanda Prabhu broke the staff into three pieces and threw it into the Bhārgī River at a place known as Āṭhāranālā.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sākṣātedirectly
  2. nānot
  3. dekhileif seeing
  4. manein the mind
  5. pratītiassurance
  6. nānot
  7. hayathere is
  8. ihāṅhere
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the brāhmaṇa’s confidence stand alongside his concern about what the people would believe?

Practice

Read the verse again and identify both the brāhmaṇa’s concern and his reason not to fear.

Live this todayConsidering Belief Without Giving Way to FearThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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