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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 6.249Madhya 6.251

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.250

নিজ কৃত দুই শ্লোক লিখিয়া তালপাতে ।

‘প্ৰভুকে দিহ’ বলি’ দিল জগদানন্দ হাতে ॥ ২৫০ ॥

nija kṛta dui śloka likhiyā tāla-pāte

‘prabhuke diha’ bali’ dila jagadānanda-hāte

Translation

Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya then composed two verses on the leaf of a palm tree. Giving the palm leaf to Jagadānanda Prabhu, the Bhaṭṭācārya requested him to deliver it to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Composing Verses for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

  1. 1

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya composed two verses.

  2. 2

    He wrote them on the leaf of a palm tree and gave it to Jagadānanda Prabhu.

  3. 3

    He asked Jagadānanda Prabhu to deliver the palm leaf to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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:

The Bhaṭṭācārya then recited one hundred verses in praise of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and offered his obeisances. After this, Gopīnātha Ācārya and all the others, having seen the wonderful potencies of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, became very joyful.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nijaby him
  2. kṛtacomposed
  3. duitwo
  4. ślokaverses
  5. likhiyāwriting
  6. tāla-pāteon a leaf of a palm tree
  7. prabhuke dihagive to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. bali’saying this
  9. dilagave it
  10. jagadānanda-hātein the hands of Jagadānanda
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “deliver”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might writing help me express my devotion?

Practice

Write two short lines addressed to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today.

Live this todayComposing Verses for Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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