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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 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

Madhya 6.99 Madhya 6.101

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.100

প্রতিযুগে করেন কৃষ্ণ যুগ-অবতার ।

তর্কনিষ্ঠ হৃদয় তোমার নাহিক বিচার ॥ ১০০ ॥

pratiyuge karena kṛṣṇa yuga-avatāra

tarka-niṣṭha hṛdaya tomāra nāhika vicāra

Translation

Gopīnātha Ācārya continued, “There is certainly an incarnation in every age, and such an incarnation is called the yuga-avatāra. But your heart has become so hardened by logic and argument that you cannot consider all these facts.

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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.

Keep the Heart Open to Scriptural Facts

1
Gopīnātha Ācārya states that there is certainly an incarnation in every age.
2
An incarnation who appears in a particular age is called the yuga-avatāra.
3
He warns that a heart hardened by logic and argument cannot consider all these facts.

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

Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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

Because of His silence, the Bhaṭṭācārya asked Him whether He was understanding the Vedānta philosophy, and the Lord replied, “Sir, I can understand Vedānta philosophy very clearly, but I cannot understand your explanations.” There was then a discussion between the Bhaṭṭācārya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu concerning the authority of the Vedic scriptures, specifically the Upaniṣads and Vedānta-sūtra.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prati-yugein every age or millennium
karenamakes
kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
yuga-avatāraincarnation for the age
tarka-niṣṭhahardened by argument
hṛdayaheart
tomārayour
nāhikathere is not
vicāraconsideration

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Does my desire to argue sometimes keep me from considering what I hear?

Practice

Reread the translation slowly, setting aside the urge to argue and considering its statement about the yuga-avatāra.

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