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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 1.27
এই ছয় শ্লোকে কহি চৈতন্যের তত্ত্ব ।
আর পঞ্চ শ্লোকে নিত্যানন্দের মহত্ত্ব ॥ ২৭ ॥
ei chaya śloke kahi caitanyera tattva
āra pañca śloke nityānandera mahattva
In these six verses I have described the truth about Lord Caitanya, whereas in the next five I have described the glory of Lord Nityānanda.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author has described the truth about Lord Caitanya.
He has also described the glory of Lord Nityānanda.
The description of Lord Caitanya comes before the description of Lord Nityānanda’s glory.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the author say he has described about each Lord?
Write down the two subjects named here: Lord Caitanya’s truth and Lord Nityānanda’s glory.
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