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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 9.42Madhya 9.44

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.43

নিজ-নিজ-শাস্ত্রোদ্গ্রাহে সবাই প্রচণ্ড ।

সর্ব মত দুষি’ প্রভু করে খণ্ড খণ্ড ॥ ৪৩ ॥

nija-nija-śāstrodgrāhe sabāi pracaṇḍa

sarva mata duṣi’ prabhu kare khaṇḍa khaṇḍa

Translation

All of these adherents of various scriptures were ready to present the conclusions of their respective scriptures, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu broke all their opinions to pieces and established His own cult of bhakti based on the Vedas, Vedānta, the Brahma-sūtra and the philosophy of acintya-bhedābheda-tattva.

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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.

Bhakti Established on Scriptural Foundations

  1. 1

    The adherents of various scriptures were ready to present their respective conclusions.

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    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refuted their opinions and established His own path of bhakti.

  3. 3

    He based this path on the Vedas, Vedānta, the Brahma-sūtra and the philosophy of acintya-bhedābheda-tattva.

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:

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.

  1. nija-nijatheir own
  2. śāstraof the scripture
  3. udgrāheto establish the conclusion
  4. sabāiall of them
  5. pracaṇḍavery powerful
  6. sarvaall
  7. mataopinions
  8. duṣi’condemning
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the scriptural foundation of bhakti mean to you?

Practice

Reread the translation and note the foundations on which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu established bhakti.

Live this todayBhakti Established on Scriptural FoundationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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