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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.41
গদাধর পণ্ডিতাদি—প্রভুর নিজশক্তি ।
তাঁ’ সবার চরণে মোর সহস্র প্রণতি ॥ ৪১ ॥
gadādhara-paṇḍitādi — prabhura nija-śakti
tāṅ’-sabāra caraṇe mora sahasra praṇati
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the internal potencies of the Lord, of whom Śrī Gadādhara Prabhu is the foremost.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author offers respectful obeisances to the internal potencies of the Lord.
Śrī Gadādhara Prabhu is the foremost among these internal potencies.
The verse expresses reverence toward the Lord’s internal potencies.
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:
Any deviation from that line will bewilder the reader’s understanding of the mystery of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, which is a transcendental literature meant for the postgraduate study of one who has realized all the Vedic literatures such as the Upaniṣads and Vedānta-sūtra and their natural commentaries such as Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and the Bhagavad-gītā. This edition of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta is presented for the study of sincere scholars who are really seeking 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.
How can I approach the Lord’s internal potencies with respect?
Offer a respectful obeisance to the Lord’s internal potencies, remembering Śrī Gadādhara Prabhu as foremost.
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