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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 6.122 Madhya 6.124

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.123

সাত দিন পর্যন্ত ঐছে করেন শ্রবণে ।

ভাল-মন্দ নাহি কহে, বসি’ মাত্র শুনে ॥ ১২৩ ॥

sāta dina paryanta aiche karena śravaṇe

bhāla-manda nāhi kahe, vasi’ mātra śune

Translation

Thus for seven days continually, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu listened to the Vedānta philosophy expounded by Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. However, Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not say anything and did not indicate whether it was right or wrong. He simply sat there and listened to the Bhaṭṭācārya.

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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.

Listening Without Expressing a Judgment

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu listened to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya explain Vedānta philosophy continually for seven days.
2
He did not say anything during these explanations.
3
He simply sat and listened, without indicating whether the explanation was right or wrong.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted this proposal, and for seven days He continally heard Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya explain the Vedānta-sūtra. However, the Lord remained very silent.

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