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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 6.272

মুক্তি পদে যাঁর, সেই ‘মুক্তিপদ’ হয় ।

কিম্বা নবম পদার্থ ‘মুক্তির’ সমাশ্রয় ॥ ২৭২ ॥

mukti pade yāṅra, sei ‘mukti-pada’ haya

kimvā navama padārtha ‘muktira’ samāśraya

Translation

“All kinds of liberation exist under the feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore He is known as mukti-pada. According to another meaning, mukti is the ninth subject, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the shelter of liberation.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Shelter of Liberation

  1. 1

    All kinds of liberation reside at the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Therefore He may be called mukti-pada, the shelter of liberation.

  2. 2

    Śrī Kṛṣṇa is also called Mukunda. He gives transcendental bliss by offering all kinds of mukti.

  3. 3

    The purport describes different kinds of mukti in the Ninth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. It identifies the Tenth Canto as the center of these discussions because its exclusive subject is Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Key points from the purport
  • Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is also known as Mukunda, or He who gives transcendental bliss by offering all kinds of mukti.
  • Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is divided into twelve cantos, and in the Ninth Canto different kinds of mukti are described.
  • But the Tenth Canto is the actual center of all discussions of mukti because the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is the tenth subject discussed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, is the exclusive subject of the Tenth Canto.

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

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Sārvabhauma not to change the reading of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, because mukti-pada indicated the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa. 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.
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. muktiliberation
  2. padeat the lotus feet
  3. yāṅraof whom
  4. seisuch a person
  5. mukti-pada hayais known as mukti-pada
  6. kimvāor
  7. navamaninth
  8. pada-arthasubject matter
  9. muktiraof liberation
  10. samāśrayashelter
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “discussions”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does seeing Kṛṣṇa as the shelter of liberation shape my understanding of Him?

Practice

Pause today to remember Śrī Kṛṣṇa as Mukunda, with all kinds of liberation at His lotus feet.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Shelter of LiberationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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