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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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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 1: The Spiritual Masters
Ādi 1.107Ādi 1.110

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Ādi 1.108-109

শ্রীচৈতন্য–নিত্যানন্দ–অদ্বৈত–মহত্ত্ব ।

তাঁর ভক্ত–ভক্তি–নাম–প্রেম–রসতত্ত্ব ॥ ১০৮ ॥

ভিন্ন ভিন্ন লিখিয়াছি করিয়া বিচার ।

শুনিলে জানিবে সব বস্তুতত্ত্বসার ॥ ১০৯ ॥

śrī-caitanya-nityānanda-advaita-mahattva

tāṅra bhakta-bhakti-nāma-prema-rasa-tattva

Translation

If one patiently hears about the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Advaita Prabhu — and Their devotees, devotional activities, names and fame, along with the mellows of Their transcendental loving exchanges — one will learn the essence of the Absolute Truth. Therefore I have described these [in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta] with logic and discrimination.

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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.

Patient Hearing Reveals the Absolute Truth

  1. 1

    Patiently hear about the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Advaita Prabhu.

  2. 2

    This hearing includes Their devotees, devotional activities, names and fame, and the mellows of Their transcendental loving exchanges. Through it, one learns the essence of the Absolute Truth.

  3. 3

    The author has therefore described these subjects with logic and discrimination.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 1: The Spiritual Masters

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śrī-caitanyaof Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. nityānandaof Lord Nityānanda
  3. advaitaof Śrī Advaita
  4. mahattvagreatness
  5. tāṅraTheir
  6. bhaktadevotees
  7. bhaktidevotion
  8. nāmanames
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you bring more patience to hearing about Their glories?

Practice

Read this translation aloud without rushing, giving attention to each subject it invites you to hear about.

Live this todayPatient Hearing Reveals the Absolute TruthThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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