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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 6.263Madhya 6.266

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 6.264-265

কৃষ্ণের বিগ্রহ যেই সত্য নাহি মানে ।

যেই নিন্দা-যুদ্ধাদিক করে তাঁর সনে ॥ ২৬৪ ॥

kṛṣṇera vigraha yei satya nāhi māne

yei nindā-yuddhādika kare tāṅra sane

Translation

The Bhaṭṭācārya continued, “The impersonalists, who do not accept the transcendental form of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and the demons, who are always engaged in blaspheming and fighting with Him, are punished by being merged into the Brahman effulgence. But that does not happen to the person engaged in the devotional service of the Lord.

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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.

Devotional Service Is Different From Merging

  1. 1

    The impersonalists described here do not accept the transcendental form of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    The demons are described as always blaspheming and fighting with Him. The Bhaṭṭācārya says that both groups are punished by being merged into the Brahman effulgence.

  3. 3

    This merging does not happen to a person engaged in the devotional service of the Lord.

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:

It is also accepted that the Absolute Truth has His transcendental, blissful, eternal form. According to the Vedas, the Lord and the living entity are equal in quality but different quantitatively.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
  2. vigrahathe transcendental form
  3. yeianyone who
  4. satyaas truth
  5. nāhinot
  6. māneaccepts
  7. yeianyone who
  8. nindāblaspheming
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this distinction help you appreciate devotional service to the Lord?

Practice

Offer a few respectful words to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa today, acknowledging His transcendental form.

Live this todayDevotional Service Is Different From MergingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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