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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 1.58
জীবে সাক্ষাৎ নাহি তাতে গুরু চৈত্ত্যরূপে ।
শিক্ষাগুরু হয় কৃষ্ণ মহান্তস্বরূপে ॥ ৫৮ ॥
jīve sākṣāt nāhi tāte guru caittya-rūpe
śikṣā-guru haya kṛṣṇa-mahānta-svarūpe
Since one cannot visually experience the presence of the Supersoul, He appears before us as a liberated devotee. Such a spiritual master is none other than Kṛṣṇa Himself.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A conditioned soul cannot directly meet Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When one sincerely and seriously engages in devotional service, Kṛṣṇa sends an instructing spiritual master.
The spiritual master shows Kṛṣṇa’s favor and awakens the soul’s dormant propensity to serve the Supreme. Such a liberated spiritual master is none other than Kṛṣṇa Himself.
The spiritual master appears before the devotee’s external senses. At the same time, Kṛṣṇa guides from within as the caittya-guru, the spiritual master seated in the heart.
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:
The first manifestation described is the spiritual master, who appears in two plenary parts called the initiating spiritual master and instructing spiritual master. They are identical because both of them are phenomenal manifestations of the Supreme 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”, “serve”
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: “favor”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How seriously are you receiving the guidance offered for your devotional service?
Spend a few minutes today carefully reviewing one instruction you have received for devotional service.
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