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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 5: The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla
Madhya 5.62Madhya 5.64

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.63

এত শুনি’ লোকের মনে হইল সংশয় ।

‘সম্ভবে, — ধনলোভে লোক ছাড়ে ধর্মভয় ॥’ ৬৩ ॥

eta śuni’ lokera mane ha-ila saṁśaya

‘sambhave, — dhana-lobhe loka chāḍe dharma-bhaya’

Translation

Hearing all these statements, all the people gathered there became a little doubtful. They thought it quite possible that because of attraction for riches one might give up his religious principles.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Riches Can Tempt One From Religious Principles

  1. 1

    After hearing these statements, the assembled people become a little doubtful.

  2. 2

    They consider it quite possible that attraction for riches could lead someone to give up religious principles.

  3. 3

    The verse describes their doubt and what they thought possible, not a settled judgment.

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:

Afterwards, King Puruṣottama-deva of Orissa was insulted by the King of Vidyānagara, who refused to give him his daughter in marriage and called him a sweeper of Lord Jagannātha. With the help of Lord Jagannātha, King Puruṣottama-deva fought the King of Vidyānagara and defeated him.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eta śuni’hearing all this
  2. lokeraof all the people
  3. manein the minds
  4. ha-ilathere was
  5. saṁśayadoubt
  6. sambhavepossible
  7. dhana-lobheby greed for money
  8. lokasome man
  9. chāḍegives up
  10. dharma-bhayareligious principles
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gathered”, “assembled”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Could attraction for riches tempt me to compromise my religious principles?

Practice

Review one money-related choice today and check whether it agrees with your religious principles.

Live this todayRiches Can Tempt One From Religious PrinciplesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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