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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.256

এই দুই শ্লোক — ভক্তকন্ঠে রত্নহার ।

সার্বভৌমের কীর্তি ঘোষে ঢক্কাবাদ্যাকার ॥ ২৫৬ ॥

ei dui śloka — bhakta-kaṇṭhe ratna-hāra

sārvabhaumera kīrti ghoṣe ḍhakkā-vādyākāra

Translation

These two verses composed by Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya will always declare his name and fame as loudly as a pounding drum, for they have become pearl necklaces around the necks of all devotees.

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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.

Verses Treasured by All Devotees

  1. 1

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya composed these two verses.

  2. 2

    They will always declare his name and fame as loudly as a pounding drum.

  3. 3

    The verses have become like pearl necklaces around the necks of all devotees.

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:

Having become a pure devotee, the Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Because the meaning is hazy, I still prefer bhakti-pada. ” At this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the other inhabitants of Jagannātha Purī became very pleased. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya thus became a pure Vaiṣṇava, and the other learned scholars there followed him.
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. ei dui ślokathese two verses
  2. bhakta-kaṇṭheon the necks of the devotees
  3. ratna-hārapearl necklaces
  4. sārvabhaumeraof Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  5. kīrtireputation
  6. ghoṣedeclare
  7. ḍhakkāof a drum
  8. vādyaof the sound
  9. ākārain the form
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What makes these two prayers something I would want to treasure?

Practice

Reread the two prayers composed by Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and choose one phrase to remember today.

Live this todayVerses Treasured by All DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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