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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 1.107
শুনিলে খণ্ডিবে চিত্তের অজ্ঞানাদি দোষ ।
কৃষ্ণে গাঢ় প্রেম হবে, পাইবে সন্তোষ ॥ ১০৭ ॥
śunile khaṇḍibe cittera ajñānādi doṣa
kṛṣṇe gāḍha prema habe, pāibe santoṣa
Simply hearing submissively will free one’s heart from all the faults of ignorance, and thus one will achieve deep love for Kṛṣṇa. This is the path of peace.
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Simply hearing submissively frees the heart from all the faults of ignorance.
Through such hearing, one achieves deep love for Kṛṣṇa.
The verse calls this the path of peace.
Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
This philosophical truth, which is pursuant to the Vedānta-sūtra, is called acintya-bhedābheda-tattva, or the conception of simultaneous oneness and difference. In the latter portion of this chapter, the transcendental position of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and that of Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu are described with reference to the above theistic facts.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love for krsna”
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How can you approach hearing with greater humility and openness?
Read this verse aloud slowly, listening with a willingness to learn and deepen your love for Kṛṣṇa.
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