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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.101
এক অদ্ভুত—সমকালে দোঁহার প্রকাশ ।
আর অদ্ভুত—চিত্তগুহার তমঃ করে নাশ ॥ ১০১ ॥
eka adbhuta — sama-kāle doṅhāra prakāśa
āra adbhuta — citta-guhāra tamaḥ kare nāśa
The first wonder is that both brothers appear simultaneously, and the other is that They illuminate the innermost depths of the heart.
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The verse draws attention to two wonders.
The first wonder is that both brothers appear simultaneously.
The other wonder is that They illuminate the innermost depths of the heart.
Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.
The mood of Ādi 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The energy and energetic are fundamentally one, but since their functions are differently exhibited, they are simultaneously different also. Thus the Absolute Truth is manifested in diversity in one unit.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Their illumination of the heart’s innermost depths inspire you?
Pause for a minute today to reflect with gratitude on the two wonders described here.
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