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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 6.252Madhya 6.254

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.253

প্রভু শ্লোক পড়ি’ পত্র ছিণ্ডিয়া ফেলিল ।

ভিত্ত্যে দেখি’ ভক্ত সব শ্লোক কণ্ঠে কৈল ॥ ২৫৩ ॥

prabhu śloka paḍi’ patra chiṇḍiyā phelila

bhittye dekhi’ bhakta saba śloka kaṇṭhe kaila

Translation

As soon as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu read the two verses, He immediately tore up the palm leaf. However, all the devotees read these verses on the outside wall, and they all kept them within their hearts. The verses read as follows.

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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.

Keeping the Verses Within the Heart

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately tore up the palm leaf after reading the two verses.

  2. 2

    All the devotees read the verses on the outside wall.

  3. 3

    Although the palm leaf was torn up, the devotees kept the verses within their hearts.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuthe Lord
  2. ślokaverses
  3. paḍi’reading
  4. patrathe palm leaf
  5. chiṇḍiyātearing to pieces
  6. phelilathrew
  7. bhittyeon the outside wall
  8. dekhi’seeing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which words from my devotional reading do I want to keep within my heart?

Practice

Read one devotional sentence slowly, then try to recall it without looking.

Live this todayKeeping the Verses Within the HeartThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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