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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 9.231Madhya 9.233

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.232

তার অস্ত্র তার অঙ্গে পড়ে হাত হৈতে ।

খণ্ড খণ্ড হৈল ভট্টথারি পলায় চারি ভিতে ॥ ২৩২ ॥

tāra astra tāra aṅge paḍe hāta haite

khaṇḍa khaṇḍa haila bhaṭṭathāri palāya cāri bhite

Translation

However, their weapons fell from their hands and struck their own bodies. When some of the Bhaṭṭathāris were thus cut to pieces, the others ran away in the four directions.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Their Weapons Strike Their Own Bodies

  1. 1

    The weapons fell from the Bhaṭṭathāris’ hands.

  2. 2

    Those weapons struck their own bodies, cutting some of them to pieces.

  3. 3

    The others ran away in the four directions.

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 then confronted the Bhaṭṭathāris at Mallāra-deśa and saved Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa from their clutches. The Lord also collected the Brahma-saṁhitā, fifth chapter, on the banks of the Payasvinī River.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tāra astratheir weapons
  2. tāra aṅgeon their bodies
  3. paḍefall
  4. hāta haitefrom their hands
  5. khaṇḍa khaṇḍacut into pieces
  6. hailabecame
  7. bhaṭṭathārithe nomads
  8. palāyarun away
  9. cāri bhitein the four directions
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this outcome make me reflect on the danger of violence?

Practice

If a disagreement arises today, choose not to escalate it through threatening words or actions.

Live this todayTheir Weapons Strike Their Own BodiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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