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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 1.97
সূর্য চন্দ্র বাহিরের তমঃ সে বিনাশে ।
বহির্বস্তু ঘট–পট–আদি সে প্রকাশে ॥ ৯৭ ॥
sūrya candra bāhirera tamaḥ se vināśe
bahir-vastu ghaṭa-paṭa-ādi se prakāśe
The sun and moon dissipate the darkness of the external world and thus reveal external material objects like pots and plates.
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The sun and moon dissipate darkness in the external world.
Their light reveals external material objects.
Pots and plates are examples of the objects made visible by this light.
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:
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His plenary expansions are all in the category of the Lord Himself, the energetic Absolute Truth, whereas His devotees, His eternal associates, are His energies. The energy and energetic are fundamentally one, but since their functions are differently exhibited, they are simultaneously different also.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 ordinary objects do you notice more clearly when light falls on them?
Observe a household object in daylight and reflect on how light makes it visible.
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