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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 1.31
সকল বৈষ্ণব, শুন করি’ একমন ।
চৈতন্য–কৃষ্ণের শাস্ত্র–মত–নিরূপণ ॥ ৩১ ॥
sakala vaiṣṇava, śuna kari’ eka-mana
caitanya-kṛṣṇera śāstra-mata-nirūpaṇa
I request all my Vaiṣṇava readers to read and hear with rapt attention this narration of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya as inculcated in the revealed scriptures.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author asks his Vaiṣṇava readers to read and hear the narration of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya with rapt attention.
Lord Caitanya is the Absolute Truth, Kṛṣṇa Himself. This is substantiated by evidence from authentic spiritual scriptures.
Rather than accepting a man as God through whimsical sentiments, the author proves his statements by citing the śāstras. He thus establishes that Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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:
It does not deviate even slightly from the revealed scriptures, and therefore anyone who follows in the disciplic line will be able to realize the essence of this book simply by the method of aural reception. The first chapter of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta begins with fourteen Sanskrit verses that describe the Absolute Truth.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.
Am I grounding my understanding of Lord Caitanya in revealed scripture rather than sentiment alone?
Read this translation and purport once without distractions, noting the scripturally established conclusion that Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa Himself.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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