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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 1.83
প্রথম শ্লোকে কহি সামান্য মঙ্গলাচরণ ।
দ্বিতীয় শ্লোকেতে করি বিশেষ বন্দন ॥ ৮৩ ॥
prathama śloke kahi sāmānya maṅgalācaraṇa
dvitīya ślokete kari viśeṣa vandana
In the first verse I have invoked a general benediction, but in the second I have prayed to the Lord in a particular form.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author explains the focus of his opening prayers.
In the first verse, he has invoked a general benediction.
In the second, he has prayed to the Lord in a particular form.
Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The first of the fourteen verses is a symbolic representation of the Supreme Truth, and the entire first chapter is in actuality devoted to this single verse, which describes Lord Caitanya in His six different transcendental expansions. The first manifestation described is the spiritual master, who appears in two plenary parts called the initiating spiritual master and instructing spiritual master.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.
What distinction does the author make between his two opening prayers?
Write two short phrases summarizing the distinction: “general benediction” and “prayer to the Lord in a particular form.”
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