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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 6.165Madhya 6.167

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.166

ঈশ্বরের শ্রীবিগ্রহ সচ্চিদানন্দাকার ।

সে-বিগ্রহে কহ সত্ত্বগুণের বিকার ॥ ১৬৬ ॥

īśvarera śrī-vigraha sac-cid-ānandākāra

se-vigrahe kaha sattva-guṇera vikāra

Translation

“The transcendental form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is complete in eternity, cognizance and bliss. However, you describe this transcendental form as a product of material goodness.

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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.

The Lord’s Form Is Transcendental

  1. 1

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead has a transcendental form.

  2. 2

    His form is complete in eternity, cognizance and bliss.

  3. 3

    The verse rejects describing His transcendental form as a product of material goodness.

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:

It is also accepted that the Absolute Truth has His transcendental, blissful, eternal form. According to the Vedas, the Lord and the living entity are equal in quality but different quantitatively.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. īśvareraof the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  2. śrī-vigrahathe form
  3. sat-cit-ānanda-ākāracomplete in eternity, cognizance and bliss
  4. se-vigraheabout that form of the Lord
  5. kahayou say
  6. sattva-guṇeraof the quality of material goodness
  7. vikāratransformation
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How is the Lord’s eternal, knowing and blissful form different from a product of material goodness?

Practice

Pause today to remember these three qualities of the Lord’s form: eternity, cognizance and bliss.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Form Is TranscendentalThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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