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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 6.192Madhya 6.194

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.193

ভট্টাচার্যের প্রার্থনাতে প্রভু ব্যাখ্যা কৈল ।

তাঁর নব অর্থ-মধ্যে এক না ছুইঁল ॥ ১৯৩ ॥

bhaṭṭācāryera prārthanāte prabhu vyākhyā kaila

tāṅra nava artha-madhye eka nā chuṅila

Translation

Upon the request of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to explain the verse, without touching upon the nine explanations given by the Bhaṭṭācārya.

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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 Offers a Fresh Explanation

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    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya requested the Lord’s explanation.

  2. 2

    In response, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to explain the verse.

  3. 3

    His explanation did not touch upon any of the nine explanations already given by the Bhaṭṭācārya.

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. bhaṭṭācāryeraof Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  2. prārthanāteon the request
  3. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. vyākhyāexplanation
  5. kailamade
  6. tāṅrahis
  7. nava arthaof the nine different types of explanations
  8. madhyein the midst
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I ready to hear an explanation different from those I already know?

Practice

When studying an explanation today, note one point that is new to you.

Live this todayThe Lord Offers a Fresh ExplanationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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