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  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 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.195Madhya 8.197

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.196

প্রভু কহে, — ‘সাধ্যবস্তুর অবধি’ এই হয় ।

তোমার প্রসাদে ইহা জানিলুঁ নিশ্চয় ॥ ১৯৬ ॥

prabhu kahe, — ‘sādhya-vastura avadhi’ ei haya

tomāra prasāde ihā jāniluṅ niścaya

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirmed these verses recited by Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, saying, “This is the limit of the goal of human life. Only by your mercy have I come to understand it conclusively.

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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.

Understanding Life’s Highest Goal Through Mercy

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirms the verses recited by Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya.

  2. 2

    He describes their teaching as the limit of the goal of human life.

  3. 3

    He credits Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya’s mercy with His conclusive understanding.

How it feels

Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya also explained that all stages of conjugal love can be attained through the mercy of the residents of Vṛndāvana, especially by the mercy of the gopīs. All these subject matters were thus vividly described.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirmed
  2. sādhya-vasturaof the object of life
  3. avadhithe limit
  4. eithis
  5. hayais
  6. tomāraof you
  7. prasādeby the mercy
  8. ihāthis
  9. jāniluṅI have understood
  10. niścayaconclusively
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I become more grateful for the help I receive in understanding life’s goal?

Practice

Today, thank someone who has helped you understand a spiritual teaching.

Live this todayUnderstanding Life’s Highest Goal Through MercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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