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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 · Texts Madhya 6.284-285

এই মহাপ্ৰভুর লীলা — সার্বভৌম-মিলন ।

ইহা যেই শ্রদ্ধা করি’ করয়ে শ্রবণ ॥ ২৮৪ ॥

ei mahāprabhura līlā — sārvabhauma-milana

ihā yei śraddhā kari’ karaye śravaṇa

Translation

If one hears with faith and love these pastimes concerning Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meeting with Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, he very soon is freed from the net of speculation and fruitive activity and attains the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s lotus feet.

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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.

Hearing with Faith and Love Brings Shelter

  1. 1

    Hear with faith and love the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meeting with Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.

  2. 2

    Through such hearing, one very soon becomes freed from the net of speculation and fruitive activity.

  3. 3

    Such hearing brings one to the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s lotus feet.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eithis
  2. mahāprabhuraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. līlāpastime
  4. sārvabhauma-milanameeting with Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  5. ihāthis
  6. yeianyone who
  7. śraddhāfaith
  8. kari’having
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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”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I bring more faith and love to hearing these pastimes?

Practice

Today, read aloud a short passage about this meeting, giving your attention to hearing with faith and love.

Live this todayHearing with Faith and Love Brings ShelterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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