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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 1.103
সেই দুই প্রভুর করি চরণ বন্দন ।
যাঁহা হইতে বিঘ্ননাশ অভীষ্টপূরণ ॥ ১০৩ ॥
sei dui prabhura kari caraṇa vandana
yāṅhā ha-ite vighna-nāśa abhīṣṭa-pūraṇa
Let us therefore worship the holy feet of these two Lords. Thus one can be rid of all difficulties on the path of self-realization.
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The verse invites us to worship the holy feet of these two Lords.
Through this worship, one can be rid of all difficulties on the path of self-realization.
Worship of Their holy feet is thus presented as help on the path of self-realization.
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:
Thus the Absolute Truth is manifested in diversity in one unit. This philosophical truth, which is pursuant to the Vedānta-sūtra, is called acintya-bhedābheda-tattva, or the conception of simultaneous oneness and difference.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 might this assurance encourage you when self-realization feels difficult?
Take a quiet moment today to offer worship to the holy feet of these two Lords.
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