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  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 6.260Madhya 6.262

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.261

তত্তেঽনুকম্পাং সুসমীক্ষমাণো ভুঞ্জান এবাত্মকৃতং বিপাকম্ ।

হৃদ্বাগ্বপুর্ভির্বিদধন্নমস্তে জীবেত যো ভক্তিপদে স দায়ভাক্ ॥ ২৬১ ॥

tat te ’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo

bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākam

hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te

jīveta yo bhakti-pade sa dāya-bhāk

Translation

The Bhaṭṭācārya recited, “ ‘One who seeks Your compassion and thus tolerates all kinds of adverse conditions due to the karma of his past deeds, who engages always in Your devotional service with his mind, words and body, and who always offers obeisances unto You is certainly a bona fide candidate for becoming Your unalloyed devotee.’”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure Devotion and Faithfulness to Scripture

  1. 1

    One who seeks the Lord’s compassion tolerates adverse conditions due to past karma. Serving with mind, words and body, and always offering obeisances, makes one a bona fide candidate for becoming an unalloyed devotee.

  2. 2

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya changed mukti-pade to bhakti-pade because he had developed pure devotional service. He disliked the reference to the impersonal Brahman feature and preferred the word for transcendental service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    Even though he changed the word in devotional ecstasy, he was not authorized to change Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not approve.

Key points from the purport
  • When reciting this verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.8), Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya changed the original reading from mukti-pade to bhakti-pade.
  • Because of having developed pure devotional service, the Bhaṭṭācārya did not like the word mukti-pade, which refers to the impersonal Brahman feature of the Lord.
  • Although the Bhaṭṭācārya changed the word in his devotional ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not approve of it.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 6.261 quotesSB 10.14.8

When reciting this verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.8), Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya changed the original reading from mukti-pade to bhakti-pade.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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. tattherefore
  2. teYour
  3. anukampāmcompassion
  4. su-samīkṣamāṇaḥhoping for
  5. bhuñjānaḥenduring
  6. evacertainly
  7. ātma-kṛtamdone by himself
  8. vipākamfruitive results
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”, “serving”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you seek the Lord’s compassion while continuing to serve during difficulty?

Practice

When one difficulty arises today, pause to offer obeisances and seek the Lord’s compassion.

Live this todayPure Devotion and Faithfulness to ScriptureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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