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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 6.105

তোমার আগে এত কথার নাহি প্রয়োজন ।

ঊষর-ভূমিতে যেন বীজের রোপণ ॥ ১০৫ ॥

tomāra āge eta kathāra nāhi prayojana

ūṣara-bhūmite yena bījera ropaṇa

Translation

Gopīnātha Ācārya then said, “There is no need to quote so much evidence from the śāstras, for you are a very dry speculator. There is no need to sow seeds in barren land.

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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.

Become Receptive to Scriptural Evidence

  1. 1

    Gopīnātha Ācārya says there is no need to keep quoting so much evidence from the śāstras.

  2. 2

    He calls his listener a very dry speculator, indicating that more evidence is not being received fruitfully.

  3. 3

    He compares presenting such evidence to sowing seeds in barren land. The comparison emphasizes the listener’s lack of receptivity.

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:

However, Gopīnātha Ācārya convinced Sārvabhauma that no one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead without being favored by Him. He proved by śāstric quotation, quotations from the revealed scriptures, that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Kṛṣṇa Himself in person.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tomāra āgebefore you
  2. etaso many
  3. kathāraof words
  4. nāhithere is not
  5. prayojananecessity
  6. ūṣara-bhūmitein barren land
  7. yenalike
  8. bījeraof the seed
  9. ropaṇasowing
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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

Am I receiving these teachings thoughtfully, or only looking for something to debate?

Practice

Choose one statement from this translation and reflect on it quietly before forming an objection.

Live this todayBecome Receptive to Scriptural EvidenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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