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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

Madhya 9.119 Madhya 9.121

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.120

প্রভু কহে, — দোষ নাহি, ইহা আমি জানি ।

রাস না পাইল লক্ষ্মী, শাস্ত্রে ইহা শুনি ॥ ১২০ ॥

prabhu kahe, — doṣa nāhi, ihā āmi jāni

rāsa nā pāila lakṣmī, śāstre ihā śuni

Translation

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “I know that there is no fault on the part of the goddess of fortune, but still she could not enter into the rāsa dance. We hear this from the revealed scriptures.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Faultless, Yet Unable to Enter

1
Caitanya Mahāprabhu agreed that there was no fault on the part of the goddess of fortune.
2
Still, she could not enter into the rāsa dance.
3
He stated that this is heard from the revealed scriptures.

How it feels

Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.

The mood of Madhya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

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

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara. At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prabhu kahethe Lord replied
doṣa nāhithere is no fault
ihā āmi jānithis I know
rāsa nā pāila lakṣmīLakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, could not join the rāsa dance
śāstre ihā śuniwe get this information from revealed scriptures

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāsa”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can you hold together both statements—that she was faultless and that she could not enter—without supplying an explanation not given here?

Practice

Write the two statements side by side, and note that Caitanya Mahāprabhu cites the revealed scriptures.

Live this todayFaultless, Yet Unable to EnterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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