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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 1.20
গ্রন্থের আরম্ভে করি ‘মঙ্গলাচরণ’ ।
গুরু, বৈষ্ণব, ভগবান্,—তিনের স্মরণ ॥ ২০ ॥
granthera ārambhe kari ‘maṅgalācaraṇa’
guru, vaiṣṇava, bhagavān, — tinera smaraṇa
In the beginning of this narration, simply by remembering the spiritual master, the devotees of the Lord, and the Personality of Godhead, I have invoked their benedictions.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author begins his narration with remembrance.
He remembers the spiritual master, the devotees of the Lord, and the Personality of Godhead.
Simply by remembering them, he invokes their benedictions.
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:
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura accepted Śrīla Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī, the spiritual master of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, who in turn accepted Śrīla Gaurakiśora dāsa Bābājī, the spiritual master of Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja, the divine master of our humble self. Since we belong to this chain of disciplic succession from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, this edition of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta will contain nothing newly manufactured by our tiny brains, but only remnants of food originally eaten by the Lord Himself.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 remembrance shape the way you begin your study?
Before studying today, pause to remember the spiritual master, the Lord's devotees, and the Personality of Godhead.
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