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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 6.133Madhya 6.135

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.134

মুখ্যার্থ ছাড়িয়া কর গৌণার্থ কল্পনা ।

‘অভিধা’-বৃত্তি ছাড়ি’ কর শব্দের লক্ষণা ॥ ১৩৪ ॥

mukhyārtha chāḍiyā kara gauṇārtha kalpanā

‘abhidhā’-vṛtti chāḍi’ kara śabdera lakṣaṇā

Translation

“For each sūtra the direct meaning must be accepted without interpretation. However, you simply abandon the direct meaning and proceed with your imaginative interpretation.

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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.

Accept the Direct Meaning

  1. 1

    The direct meaning of each sūtra must be accepted without interpretation.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu points out that the direct meaning has been abandoned.

  3. 3

    He contrasts accepting the direct meaning with proceeding through imaginative interpretation.

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:

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.
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. mukhya-arthadirect meaning
  2. chāḍiyāgiving up
  3. karayou do
  4. gauṇa-arthaindirect meaning
  5. kalpanāimagining
  6. abhidhā-vṛttithe meaning that is understood immediately
  7. chāḍi’giving up
  8. karayou do
  9. śabderaof the words
  10. lakṣaṇāinterpretation
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Where might I be replacing a clear statement with what I imagine it should mean?

Practice

Read the translation once more and separate what it says from any assumptions you bring to it.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 1 lecture

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayAccept the Direct MeaningThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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