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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 1.50
যথা ব্রহ্মণে ভগবান্ স্বয়মুপদিশ্যানুভাবিতবান্ ॥ ৫০ ॥
yathā brahmaṇe bhagavān
svayam upadiśyānubhāvitavān
The Supreme Personality of Godhead [svayaṁ bhagavān] taught Brahmā and made him self-realized.
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The Personality of Godhead acted as Brahmā’s spiritual master from within. He instructed Brahmā, the original living being in the cosmic creation.
The sound tapa directed Brahmā to accept hardships for spiritual realization. Such voluntary austerity, with restraint from sensual enjoyment, is called tapasya.
Brahmā followed Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s instruction and engaged in austerity. By the pleasure of Viṣṇu, he was able to perceive the transcendental world, Śrī Vaikuṇṭha.
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The purport of CC Ādi 1.50 quotesSB 2.9.31
These instructions, which are reproduced from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.9.31-36), were imparted by the Personality of Godhead, acting as the supreme spiritual master.
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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
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