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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 7: The Lord Begins His Tour of South India
Madhya 7.26Madhya 7.28

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.27

লোকাপেক্ষা নাহি ইঁহার কৃষ্ণকৃপা হৈতে ।

আমি লোকাপেক্ষা কভু না পারি ছাড়িতে ॥ ২৭ ॥

lokāpekṣā nāhi iṅhāra kṛṣṇa-kṛpā haite

āmi lokāpekṣā kabhu nā pāri chāḍite

Translation

“Dāmodara Paṇḍita and others are more advanced in receiving the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa; therefore they are independent of public opinion. As such, they want Me to enjoy sense gratification, even though it be unethical. But since I am a poor sannyāsī, I cannot abandon the duties of the renounced order, and therefore I follow them strictly.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Respectful assistance and strict observance of duty

  1. 1

    The Lord describes Dāmodara Paṇḍita and others as advanced in receiving Lord Kṛṣṇa’s mercy and independent of public opinion.

  2. 2

    Calling Himself a poor sannyāsī, He says He cannot abandon the duties of the renounced order and follows them strictly.

  3. 3

    A brahmacārī should assist a sannyāsī rather than instruct him. The purport explains that Dāmodara should not have advised Caitanya Mahāprabhu about His duty.

Key points from the purport
  • A brahmacārī is supposed to assist a sannyāsī; therefore a brahmacārī should not try to instruct a sannyāsī.
  • Consequently Dāmodara should not have advised Caitanya Mahāprabhu of His duty.

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

Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.

The mood of Madhya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 7: The Lord Begins His Tour of South India

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the renounced order of life in the month of Māgha (January-February) and went to Jagannātha Purī in the month of Phālguna (February-March). He saw the Dola-yātrā festival during the month of Phālguna, and in the month of Caitra He liberated Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. loka-apekṣācare for society
  2. nāhithere is none
  3. iṅhāraof Dāmodara
  4. kṛṣṇa-kṛpāthe mercy of the Lord
  5. haitefrom
  6. āmiI
  7. loka-apekṣādependence on public opinion
  8. kabhuat any time
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

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

When I want to help, am I offering respectful assistance or unnecessary instruction?

Practice

Offer one practical act of assistance today without adding unsolicited advice.

Live this todayRespectful assistance and strict observance of dutyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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