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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 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.39Madhya 8.41

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.40

মহদ্বিচলনং নৄণাং গৃহিণাং দীনচেতসাম্ ।

নিঃশ্রেয়সায় ভগবন্নান্যথা কল্পতে ক্বচিৎ ॥ ৪০ ॥

mahad-vicalanaṁ nṝṇāṁ

gṛhiṇāṁ dīna-cetasām

niḥśreyasāya bhagavan

nānyathā kalpate kvacit

Translation

“ ‘My dear Lord, sometimes great saintly persons go to the homes of householders, although these householders are generally low-minded. When a saintly person visits their homes, one can understand that it is for no other purpose than to benefit the householders.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Saintly Visits Bring Benefit

  1. 1

    Great saintly persons sometimes visit the homes of householders.

  2. 2

    Although these householders are described as generally low-minded, saintly persons still come to them.

  3. 3

    The purpose of such a visit is simply to benefit the householders.

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:

Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas. In the evening, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used to come to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mahat-vicalanamthe wandering of saintly persons
  2. nṝṇāmof human beings
  3. gṛhiṇāmwho are householders
  4. dīna-cetasāmlow-minded
  5. niḥśreyasāyafor the ultimate benefit
  6. bhagavanO my Lord
  7. na anyathānot any other purpose
  8. kalpateone imagines
  9. kvacitat any time
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “saintly”

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

How might you receive a saintly person’s visit as an opportunity for benefit?

Practice

Set aside a few quiet minutes today to consider what you can learn from a saintly person’s guidance.

Live this todaySaintly Visits Bring BenefitThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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