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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 1.51
জ্ঞানং পরমগুহ্যং মে যদ্বিজ্ঞানসমন্বিতম্ ।
সরহস্যং তদঙ্গঞ্চ গৃহাণ গদিতং ময়া ॥ ৫১ ॥
jñānaṁ parama-guhyaṁ me
yad vijñāna-samanvitam
sa-rahasyaṁ tad-aṅgaṁ ca
gṛhāṇa gaditaṁ mayā
“Please hear attentively what I shall speak to you, for transcendental knowledge about Me is not only scientific but also full of mysteries.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Knowledge of Śrī Kṛṣṇa goes deeper than impersonal knowledge of Brahman. It includes His form, personality and everything related to Him.
The mystery of this knowledge culminates in personal attachment to the Lord and detachment from anything “non-Kṛṣṇa.” The Lord revealed this mystery to Brahmā by His grace.
Hearing, chanting, remembering, serving the Lord’s lotus feet, worshiping, praying, assisting, fraternizing with Him and sacrificing everything for Him are nine means of attaining this attachment. All are parts of the same devotional service.
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.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”, “serving”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “grace”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which of these forms of devotional service can you give attentive time to today?
Spend two quiet minutes praying to the Lord for greater personal attachment to Him.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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