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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 1.19
এই তিন ঠাকুর গৌড়ীয়াকে করিয়াছেন আত্মসাৎ ।
এ তিনের চরণ বন্দোঁ, তিনে মোর নাথ ॥ ১৯ ॥
ei tina ṭhākura gauḍīyāke kariyāchena ātmasāt
e tinera caraṇa vandoṅ, tine mora nātha
These three Deities of Vṛndāvana [Madana-mohana, Govinda and Gopīnātha] have absorbed the heart and soul of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas [followers of Lord Caitanya]. I worship Their lotus feet, for They are the Lords of my heart.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Rādhā-Madana-mohana, Śrī Rādhā-Govindadeva and Śrī Rādhā-Gopīnāthajī are the life and soul of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. The author offers respectful obeisances to Them.
Followers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu worship by chanting transcendental sounds. This worship develops one's transcendental relationship with the Supreme Lord, mutual affection, and ultimately success in loving service.
These three Deities are worshiped in three different stages of development. The followers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu carefully follow these principles of approach.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Then the next three Sanskrit verses describe the principal Deities of Vṛndāvana, namely, Śrī Rādhā-Madana-mohana, Śrī Rādhā-Govindadeva and Śrī Rādhā-Gopīnāthajī. The first of the fourteen verses is a symbolic representation of the Supreme Truth, and the entire first chapter is in actuality devoted to this single verse, which describes Lord Caitanya in His six different transcendental expansions.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīnātha”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “followers”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can your chanting become more attentive to developing a loving relationship with the Supreme Lord?
Spend a quiet minute chanting with the intention of developing loving service to the Supreme Lord.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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