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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 9.194Madhya 9.196

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.195

বিশ্বাস করহ তুমি আমার বচনে ।

পুনরপি কু-ভাবনা না করিহ মনে ॥ ১৯৫ ॥

viśvāsa karaha tumi āmāra vacane

punarapi ku-bhāvanā nā kariha mane

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then assured the brāhmaṇa, “Have faith in My words and do not burden your mind any longer with this misconception.”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Faith in Spiritual Authority Brings Understanding

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked the brāhmaṇa to have faith in His words and no longer burden his mind with the misconception.

  2. 2

    We should not try to understand things beyond material conception through argument and counterargument.

  3. 3

    We should follow great authorities coming down in the paramparā system. Approaching a bona fide ācārya and keeping faith in his words makes spiritual realization easy.

Key points from the purport
  • Acintyāḥ khalu ye bhāvā na tāṁs tarkeṇa yojayet: “We should not try to understand things beyond our material conception by argument and counterargument.”
  • Mahā-jano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ: “We have to follow in the footsteps of great authorities coming down in the paramparā system.”
  • If we approach a bona fide ācārya and keep faith in his words, spiritual realization will be easy.

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 also collected the Brahma-saṁhitā, fifth chapter, on the banks of the Payasvinī River. He then visited Payasvinī, Śṛṅgavera-purī-maṭha and Matsya-tīrtha.
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. viśvāsa karahabelieve
  2. tumiyou
  3. āmāraMy
  4. vacanein the words
  5. punarapiagain
  6. ku-bhāvanāmisconception
  7. nā karihado not do
  8. manein the mind
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can faith in a bona fide ācārya guide my efforts to understand spiritual matters?

Practice

Reread Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s assurance and write down its instruction to have faith in His words.

Live this todayFaith in Spiritual Authority Brings UnderstandingThis 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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