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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.273
দুই-অর্থে ‘কৃষ্ণ’ কহি, কেনে পাঠ ফিরি ।
সার্বভৌম কহে, — ও-পাঠ কহিতে না পারি ॥ ২৭৩ ॥
dui-arthe ‘kṛṣṇa’ kahi, kene pāṭha phiri
sārvabhauma kahe, — o-pāṭha kahite nā pāri
“Since I can understand Kṛṣṇa according to these two meanings,” Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “what point is there in changing the verse?” Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya replied, “I was not able to give that reading to the verse.
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that He can understand Kṛṣṇa according to both meanings.
Since both meanings reveal Kṛṣṇa to Him, He asks what purpose changing the verse would serve.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya acknowledges that he had not been able to give that reading to the verse.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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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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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: “serve”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to acknowledge when I have not understood a possible reading?
Reread the translation and note how Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya openly acknowledges the limit of his reading.
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