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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 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 6.111Madhya 6.113

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.112

আচার্য — ভগিনীপতি, শ্যালক — ভট্টাচার্য ।

নিন্দা-স্তুতি-হাস্যে শিক্ষা করা’ন আচার্য ॥ ১১২ ॥

ācārya — bhaginī-pati, śyālaka — bhaṭṭācārya

nindā-stuti-hāsye śikṣā karā’na ācārya

Translation

Gopīnātha Ācārya was the brother-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya; therefore their relationship was very sweet and intimate. Under the circumstances, Gopīnātha Ācārya taught him by sometimes blaspheming him, sometimes praising him and sometimes laughing at him. This had been going on for some time.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Teaching Within a Sweet, Intimate Relationship

  1. 1

    Gopīnātha Ācārya was Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s brother-in-law, and their relationship was very sweet and intimate.

  2. 2

    Within that relationship, Gopīnātha Ācārya taught him by sometimes blaspheming him, sometimes praising him and sometimes laughing at him.

  3. 3

    This way of teaching between them had continued for some time.

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:

His brother-in-law, Gopīnātha Ācārya, established that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Kṛṣṇa Himself, but Sārvabhauma and his many disciples could not accept this. However, Gopīnātha Ācārya convinced Sārvabhauma that no one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead without being favored by Him.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ācāryaGopīnātha Ācārya
  2. bhaginī-patisister’s husband
  3. śyālakawife’s brother
  4. bhaṭṭācāryaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  5. nindāsometimes blaspheming
  6. stutisometimes by praising
  7. hāsyesometimes by laughing
  8. śikṣāinstruction
  9. karā’nacauses
  10. ācāryaGopīnātha Ācārya
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “relationship”

  • 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

How does a sweet and intimate relationship affect the way instruction is received?

Practice

Recall one helpful lesson from someone close to you and write down what you learned.

Live this todayTeaching Within a Sweet, Intimate RelationshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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