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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 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.157Madhya 9.159

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.158

অগাধ ঈশ্বর-লীলা কিছুই না জানি ।

তুমি যেই কহ, সেই সত্য করি’ মানি ॥ ১৫৮ ॥

agādha īśvara-līlā kichui nā jāni

tumi yei kaha, sei satya kari’ māni

Translation

“The transcendental pastimes of the Lord are unfathomable, and I do not know anything about them. Whatever You say I accept as the truth.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Receive the Lord’s Words With Humility

  1. 1

    The transcendental pastimes of the Lord are unfathomable, and the speaker acknowledges that he does not know them.

  2. 2

    He accepts whatever the Lord says as the truth. The purport presents this as the way to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    After hearing the Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna expressed very much the same acceptance.

Key points from the purport
  • This is the way to understand the truth about the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • After hearing the Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna said very much the same thing:

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

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

Further reading

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

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

The Lord next visited the places known as Pāṇḍya-deśa, the Tāmraparṇī River, Naya-tripati, Ciyaḍatalā, Tila-kāñcī, Gajendra-mokṣaṇa, Pānāgaḍi, Cāmtāpura, Śrī Vaikuṇṭha, Malaya-parvata and Kanyā-kumārī. The Lord then confronted the Bhaṭṭathāris at Mallāra-deśa and saved Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa from their clutches.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. agādhaunfathomable
  2. īśvara-līlāpastimes of the Lord
  3. kichuianything
  4. nā jāniI do not know
  5. tumiYou
  6. yeiwhatever
  7. kahasay
  8. sei satyathat is right
  9. kari’ māniI accept
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I approach the Lord’s words with greater humility and receptiveness?

Practice

Before reading today, pause and acknowledge the limits of your understanding of the Lord’s pastimes.

Live this todayReceive the Lord’s Words With HumilityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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