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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 6.158Madhya 6.160

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.159

আনন্দাংশে ‘হ্লাদিনী’, সদংশে ‘সন্ধিনী’ ।

চিদংশে ‘সম্বিৎ’, যারে জ্ঞান করি মানি ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

ānandāṁśe ‘hlādinī,’ sad-aṁśe ‘sandhinī’

cid-aṁśe ‘samvit’, yāre jñāna kari māni

Translation

“The three portions of the spiritual potency are called hlādinī [the bliss portion], sandhinī [the eternity portion] and samvit [the knowledge portion]. We accept knowledge of these as full knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Take Shelter of the Lord’s Knowledge Potency

  1. 1

    The bliss portion of the spiritual potency is called hlādinī, and the eternity portion is called sandhinī.

  2. 2

    The knowledge portion is called samvit. Knowledge of these three portions is accepted as full knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    To acquire knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one must take shelter of His samvit potency.

Key points from the purport
  • To acquire knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one must take shelter of the samvit potency of the Supreme Lord.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

The Bhaṭṭācārya was an impersonalist, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu proved that the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He proved that the conceptions of the Māyāvādī philosophers concerning the impersonal Absolute Truth are incorrect.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ānanda-aṁśein the part of bliss
  2. hlādinīthe pleasure potency
  3. sat-aṁśein the part of eternity
  4. sandhinīthe sandhinī potency
  5. cit-aṁśein the part of knowledge
  6. samvitthe samvit potency
  7. yārewhich
  8. jñānaas knowledge
  9. kari māniwe accept
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “shelter”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does taking shelter of the Lord’s knowledge potency mean for your approach to learning about Him?

Practice

Write and review these three pairs today: hlādinī—bliss, sandhinī—eternity, samvit—knowledge.

Live this todayTake Shelter of the Lord’s Knowledge PotencyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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