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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 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 5.161Madhya 6.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.1

নৌমি তং গৌরচন্দ্রং যঃ কুতর্ক-কর্কশাশয়ম্ ।

সার্বভৌমং সর্বভূমা ভক্তিভূমানমাচরৎ ॥ ১ ॥

naumi taṁ gauracandraṁ yaḥ

kutarka-karkaśāśayam

sārvabhaumaṁ sarva-bhūmā

bhakti-bhūmānam ācarat

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Gauracandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who converted the hardhearted Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, the reservoir of all bad logic, into a great devotee.

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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.

Lord Gauracandra Transforms a Hardened Heart

  1. 1

    The author offers respectful obeisances to Lord Gauracandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was hardhearted and a reservoir of bad logic.

  3. 3

    Lord Gauracandra converted him into a great devotee.

How it feels

Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.

The mood of Madhya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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

Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya received everyone and distributed mahā-prasādam with great care. The Bhaṭṭācārya then became acquainted with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and arranged accommodations at his aunt’s house.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. naumiI offer my respectful obeisances
  2. tamunto Him
  3. gauracandramwho is known as Lord Gauracandra
  4. yaḥwho
  5. ku-tarkaby bad arguments
  6. karkaśa-āśayamwhose heart was hard
  7. sārvabhaumamSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  8. sarva-bhūmāthe Lord of everything
  9. bhakti-bhūmānaminto a great personality of devotion
  10. ācaratconverted
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this transformation encourage you to be open to Lord Gauracandra?

Practice

Offer respectful obeisances to Lord Gauracandra, remembering His power to transform a hardened heart.

Live this todayLord Gauracandra Transforms a Hardened HeartThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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