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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 6.91Madhya 6.93

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.92

দেখিলে না দেখে তারে বহির্মুখ জন ।”

শুনি’ হাসি’ সার্বভৌম বলিল বচন ॥ ৯২ ॥

dekhile nā dekhe tāre bahirmukha jana”

śuni’ hāsi’ sārvabhauma balila vacana

Translation

“A person influenced by the external energy is called bahirmukha jana, a mundane person, because despite his perception, he cannot understand the real substance.” Hearing Gopīnātha Ācārya say this, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya smiled and began to speak as follows.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Cleansed Heart Enables Devotional Understanding

  1. 1

    A person influenced by the external energy is called bahirmukha jana, a mundane person.

  2. 2

    Despite perception, such a person cannot understand the real substance.

  3. 3

    When the heart is not cleansed, one cannot awaken the transcendental nature of devotional service.

Key points from the purport
  • When one’s heart is not cleansed, one cannot awaken the transcendental nature of devotional service.

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 6.92 quotesBG 7.28

As Lord Kṛṣṇa confirms in the Bhagavad-gītā (7.28):

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:

Because of His silence, the Bhaṭṭācārya asked Him whether He was understanding the Vedānta philosophy, and the Lord replied, “Sir, I can understand Vedānta philosophy very clearly, but I cannot understand your explanations.” There was then a discussion between the Bhaṭṭācārya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu concerning the authority of the Vedic scriptures, specifically the Upaniṣads and Vedānta-sūtra.
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. dekhileeven after seeing
  2. nānot
  3. dekhesees
  4. tārethe Supreme Person
  5. bahiḥ-mukha janaa person influenced by the external energy
  6. śuni’hearing this
  7. hāsi’smiling
  8. sārvabhaumaSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  9. balilasaid
  10. vacanathe words
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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”, “cleansed”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīnātha”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse suggest about the importance of my heart’s condition in understanding devotional service?

Practice

Take a quiet minute to reflect on the need for a cleansed heart, rather than relying only on what you perceive.

Live this todayA Cleansed Heart Enables Devotional UnderstandingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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