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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 6.204 Madhya 6.206

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.205

প্রভুর কৃপায় তাঁর স্ফুরিল সব তত্ত্ব ।

নাম-প্রেমদান-আদি বর্ণেন মহত্ত্ব ॥ ২০৫ ॥

prabhura kṛpāya tāṅra sphurila saba tattva

nāma-prema-dāna-ādi varṇena mahattva

Translation

By the mercy of the Lord, all truths were revealed to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, and he could understand the importance of chanting the holy name and distributing love of Godhead everywhere.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Mercy Reveals Chanting and Love of Godhead

1
By the Lord’s mercy, all truths were revealed to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
2
He understood the importance of chanting the holy name.
3
He also understood the importance of distributing love of Godhead everywhere.

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

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.

prabhuraof the Lord
kṛpāyaby the mercy
tāṅrato him
sphurilamanifested
sabaall
tattvatruths
nāmathe holy name
prema-dānadistribution of love of Godhead

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”, “holy name”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributing”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How much importance do I give to chanting the holy name?

Practice

Set aside a quiet minute today to chant the holy name.

Live this todayMercy Reveals Chanting and Love of GodheadThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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