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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 6.198Madhya 6.200

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.199

শুনি’ ভট্টাচার্যের মনে হৈল চমৎকার ।

প্রভুকে কৃষ্ণ জানি’ করে আপনা ধিক্কার ॥ ১৯৯ ॥

śuni’ bhaṭṭācāryera mane haila camatkāra

prabhuke kṛṣṇa jāni’ kare āpanā dhikkāra

Translation

Upon hearing Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s explanation of the ātmārāma verse, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was struck with wonder. He then understood Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be Kṛṣṇa in person, and he thus condemned himself in the following words.

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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.

Wonder Leads to Recognition of Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya heard Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s explanation of the ātmārāma verse and was struck with wonder.

  2. 2

    He then understood Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be Kṛṣṇa in person.

  3. 3

    With this understanding, he began to condemn himself.

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. śuni’hearing this
  2. bhaṭṭācāryeraof Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  3. manein the mind
  4. hailathere was
  5. camatkārawonder
  6. prabhukeLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  8. jāni’accepting as
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How willing are you to reconsider your own understanding when you hear something that fills you with wonder?

Practice

Pause over the statement that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa in person, and reflect on Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s response.

Live this todayWonder Leads to Recognition of KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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