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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 6.195Madhya 6.197

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.196

“ভগবান্, তাঁর শক্তি, তাঁর গুণগণ ।

অচিন্ত্য প্রভাব তিনের না যায় কথন ॥ ১৯৬ ॥

bhagavān, tāṅra śakti, tāṅra guṇa-gaṇa

acintya prabhāva tinera nā yāya kathana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “The Supreme Personality of Godhead, His different potencies and His transcendental qualities all have inconceivable prowess. It is not possible to explain them fully.

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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 Prowess Is Inconceivable

  1. 1

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead has inconceivable prowess.

  2. 2

    His different potencies and transcendental qualities also have inconceivable prowess.

  3. 3

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that these cannot be explained fully.

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:

After this, Gopīnātha Ācārya and all the others, having seen the wonderful potencies of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, became very joyful. One morning after this incident, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received some prasādam from Jagannātha and offered it to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  2. tāṅra śaktiHis potencies
  3. tāṅra guṇa-gaṇaHis transcendental qualities
  4. acintyainconceivable
  5. prabhāvathe influence
  6. tineraof the three
  7. nānot
  8. yāyapossible
  9. kathanato speak
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that the Lord cannot be fully explained affect your approach to learning about Him?

Practice

Take a quiet moment to reflect on the limits of your understanding of the Lord’s qualities.

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

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