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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 1.87
শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য আর প্রভু নিত্যানন্দ ।
যাঁহার প্রকাশে সর্ব জগৎ আনন্দ ॥ ৮৭ ॥
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya āra prabhu nityānanda
yāṅhāra prakāśe sarva jagat ānanda
The appearance of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Prabhu Nityānanda has surcharged the world with happiness.
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The verse celebrates the appearance of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.
Prabhu Nityānanda appears together with Him.
Their appearance has surcharged the world with happiness.
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:
This philosophical truth, which is pursuant to the Vedānta-sūtra, is called acintya-bhedābheda-tattva, or the conception of simultaneous oneness and difference. In the latter portion of this chapter, the transcendental position of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and that of Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu are described with reference to the above theistic facts.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
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What does it mean to you that Their appearance brings happiness to the world?
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