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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 8.77Madhya 8.79

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.78

নেমং বিরিঞ্চো ন ভবো ন শ্রীরপ্যঙ্গসংশ্রয়া ।

প্রসাদং লেভিরে গোপী যত্তৎ প্রাপ বিমুক্তিদাৎ ॥ ৭৮ ॥

nemaṁ viriñco na bhavo

na śrīr apy aṅga-saṁśrayā

prasādaṁ lebhire gopī

yat tat prāpa vimukti-dāt

Translation

“ ‘The favor mother Yaśodā obtained from Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the bestower of liberation, was never obtained even by Lord Brahmā or Lord Śiva, nor even by the goddess of fortune, who always remains on the chest of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu.’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Mother Yaśodā’s Unequaled Favor

  1. 1

    Mother Yaśodā received extraordinary favor from Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the bestower of liberation.

  2. 2

    This favor was not obtained even by Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, or the goddess of fortune, who always remains on Viṣṇu’s chest.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa agreed to be bound by mother Yaśodā after she had given up trying to bind Him with ropes. Śukadeva Gosvāmī appreciated this favor while narrating Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

Key points from the purport
  • Kṛṣṇa agreed to be bound by mother Yaśodā after she had given up trying to bind Kṛṣṇa with ropes.
  • This is another appreciation made by Śukadeva Gosvāmī in his narration of the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa before Mahārāja Parīkṣit.

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 8.78 quotesSB 10.9.20

This is a statement from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.9.20).

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

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:

Then Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya explained unalloyed devotional service, love of Godhead, and serving the Lord in the moods of pure servitude, fraternity and parental love. Finally he spoke of serving the Lord in conjugal love.
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. nanot
  2. imamthis (love of Godhead)
  3. viriñcaḥLord Brahmā
  4. nanot
  5. bhavaḥLord Śiva
  6. nanor
  7. śrīḥthe goddess of fortune
  8. apieven
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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: “favor”

  • 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: “yaśodā”

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 Kṛṣṇa’s agreement to be bound help you appreciate about His favor toward mother Yaśodā?

Practice

Write one sentence appreciating mother Yaśodā’s special favor from Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayMother Yaśodā’s Unequaled FavorThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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