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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 1.30
সব শ্রোতা–বৈষ্ণবেরে করি’ নমস্কার ।
এই সব শ্লোকের করি অর্থ–বিচার ॥ ৩০ ॥
saba śrotā-vaiṣṇavere kari’ namaskāra
ei saba ślokera kari artha-vicāra
I offer my obeisances unto all my Vaiṣṇava readers as I begin to explain the intricacies of all these verses.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author offers obeisances to his Vaiṣṇava readers.
His offering of respect extends to all of them.
He begins to explain the intricacies of the verses with this respectful offering.
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:
He belongs to the transcendental plane beyond the reach of the imperfect sense perception of a living being. Even the most erudite mundane scholar cannot approach the transcendental plane unless he submits himself to transcendental sound with a receptive mood, for in that mood only can one realize the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.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 can I show respect for other Vaiṣṇava readers as I study?
Before studying today, offer a brief, respectful obeisance to the Vaiṣṇava readers.
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