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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 9.271Madhya 9.273

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.272

সন্ন্যাসী দেখিয়া মোরে করহ বঞ্চন ।

না কহিলা তেঞি সাধ্য-সাধন-লক্ষণ ॥ ২৭২ ॥

sannyāsī dekhiyā more karaha vañcana

nā kahilā teñi sādhya-sādhana-lakṣaṇa

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued speaking to the Tattvavādī ācārya: “Seeing that I am a mendicant in the renounced order of life, you have been playing with Me in a duplicitous way. You have not actually described the process and ultimate objective.”

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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.

Describe the Process and Goal Honestly

  1. 1

    The Tattvavādī ācārya saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as a mendicant in the renounced order of life.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that the ācārya had dealt with Him in a duplicitous way.

  3. 3

    He pointed out that the actual process and ultimate objective had not been described.

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:

At Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there. He then went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sannyāsīa person in the renounced order of life
  2. dekhiyāseeing
  3. moreunto Me
  4. karahayou do
  5. vañcanaduplicity
  6. nā kahilādid not describe
  7. teñitherefore
  8. sādhyaobjective
  9. sādhanaprocess of achievement
  10. lakṣaṇasymptoms
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I straightforward when discussing spiritual practice and its goal?

Practice

In one spiritual conversation today, speak plainly about what you understand and what you do not.

Live this todayDescribe the Process and Goal HonestlyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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