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Auspicious Invocations Describe the Supreme Truth

“These fourteen verses, therefore, offer auspicious invocations and describe the Supreme Truth.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 1.29, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The author summarizes the opening verses as a whole.
  • These verses offer auspicious invocations.
  • They also describe the Supreme Truth.

Try this today

Reread the translation, pausing at its two purposes: offering auspicious invocations and describing the Supreme Truth.

Ask yourself

How can I attend to both the prayers and the teaching in these opening verses?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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