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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 1.22
সে মঙ্গলাচরণ হয় ত্রিবিধ প্রকার ।
বস্তুনির্দেশ, আশীর্বাদ, নমস্কার ॥ ২২ ॥
se maṅgalācaraṇa haya tri-vidha prakāra
vastu-nirdeśa, āśīrvāda, namaskāra
The invocation involves three processes: defining the objective, offering benedictions and offering obeisances.
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One process of the invocation is defining the objective.
Another process is offering benedictions.
The third process is offering obeisances.
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:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu does not belong to the mundane plane of the three qualitative modes. He belongs to the transcendental plane beyond the reach of the imperfect sense perception of a living being.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
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How does recognizing these three processes help you read the invocation more attentively?
Write down the invocation's three processes: defining the objective, offering benedictions, and offering obeisances.
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