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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 6.191Madhya 6.193

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.192

কিন্তু তুমি অর্থ কৈলে পাণ্ডিত্য-প্রতিভায় ।

ইহা বই শ্লোকের আছে আরো অভিপ্রায় ॥” ১৯২ ॥

kintu tumi artha kaile pāṇḍitya-pratibhāya

ihā va-i ślokera āche āro abhiprāya

Translation

“My dear Bhaṭṭācārya, you have certainly explained this verse by the prowess of your vast learning, but you should know that, besides this scholarly explanation, there is another purport to this verse.”

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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.

Remain Open to Another Meaning

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu acknowledged the Bhaṭṭācārya’s vast learning.

  2. 2

    He said that the Bhaṭṭācārya had explained the verse through the prowess of that learning.

  3. 3

    He also pointed out that the verse had another purport besides this scholarly explanation.

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:

At the request of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then explained the ātmārāma verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in eighteen different ways. When the Bhaṭṭācārya came to his senses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu disclosed His real identity.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kintubut
  2. tumiyou
  3. arthameaning
  4. kailehave shown
  5. pāṇḍityascholarly
  6. pratibhāyawith prowess
  7. ihā va-ibesides this
  8. ślokeraof the verse
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I appreciate what I have learned while remaining open to further understanding?

Practice

Return to a passage you have studied and note one aspect you would like to understand more fully.

Live this todayRemain Open to Another MeaningThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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