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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 6.112Madhya 6.114

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.113

আচার্যের সিদ্ধান্তে মুকুন্দের হৈল সন্তোষ ।

ভট্টাচার্যের বাক্যে মনে হৈল দুঃখ-রোষ ॥ ১১৩ ॥

ācāryera siddhānte mukundera haila santoṣa

bhaṭṭācāryera vākya mane haila duḥkha-roṣa

Translation

Śrīla Mukunda Datta felt very satisfied to hear the conclusive statements of Gopīnātha Ācārya, but he became very unhappy and angry to hear the statements put forward by Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Different Statements Bring Different Responses

  1. 1

    Śrīla Mukunda Datta heard the conclusive statements of Gopīnātha Ācārya with great satisfaction.

  2. 2

    He became very unhappy on hearing the statements of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.

  3. 3

    His response to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s statements also included anger.

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:

Meanwhile, Gopīnātha Ācārya, the brother-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, met Mukunda Datta and talked to him about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s acceptance of sannyāsa and His journey to Jagannātha Purī. After hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s fainting and His being carried to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, people crowded there to see the Lord.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ācāryeraof Gopīnātha Ācārya
  2. siddhāntewith the conclusions
  3. mukunderaof Mukunda Datta
  4. hailathere was
  5. santoṣasatisfaction
  6. bhaṭṭācāryeraof Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  7. vākyeby the words
  8. manein the mind
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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

What kinds of spiritual statements bring me satisfaction, and which disturb me?

Practice

Write down one teaching that brought you satisfaction today and briefly note why.

Live this todayDifferent Statements Bring Different ResponsesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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