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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.113

তবে সেই দুই বিপ্রে কহিল ঈশ্বর ।

“তুমি-দুই — জন্মে জন্মে আমার কিঙ্কর ॥ ১১৩ ॥

tabe sei dui vipre kahila īśvara

“tumi-dui — janme-janme āmāra kiṅkara

Translation

After the marriage ceremony was performed, the Lord informed both brāhmaṇas, “You two brāhmaṇas are My eternal servants, birth after birth.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Eternal Servants Never Forget the Lord

  1. 1

    After the marriage ceremony, the Lord told both brāhmaṇas that they were His eternal servants, birth after birth.

  2. 2

    Like these two brāhmaṇas of Vidyānagara, many devotees are eternal servants of the Lord. They are called nitya-siddha, eternally perfect.

  3. 3

    Although nitya-siddhas appear in the material world and seem to be common members of it, they never forget the Supreme Personality of Godhead in any condition. This is the symptom of a nitya-siddha.

Key points from the purport
  • Like these two brāhmaṇas of Vidyānagara, there are many devotees who are eternal servants of the Lord.
  • They are specifically known as nitya-siddha, eternally perfect.
  • Although the nitya-siddhas appear in the material world and seem to be common members of the world, they never forget the Supreme Personality of Godhead in any condition.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

Thus the marriage was performed. Later, the king of that country constructed a fine temple for Gopāla.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethereafter
  2. seithose
  3. duitwo
  4. vipreunto the brāhmaṇas
  5. kahilaspoke
  6. īśvarathe Lord
  7. tumi-duiboth of you
  8. janme-janmebirth after birth
  9. āmāraMy
  10. kiṅkaraservants
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “servants”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from the nitya-siddhas’ unfailing remembrance of the Lord?

Practice

During one ordinary task today, pause briefly to remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Live this todayEternal Servants Never Forget the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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