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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 10.100
রাত্রিদিনে রাধাকৃষ্ণের মানস সেবন ।
প্রহরেক মহাপ্রভুর চরিত্র–কথন ॥ ১০০ ॥
rātri-dine rādhā-kṛṣṇera mānasa sevana
prahareka mahāprabhura caritra-kathana
Day and night he rendered service within his mind to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, and for three hours a day he discoursed about the character of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Day and night, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī served Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa within his mind. For three hours daily, he spoke about the character of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
We have much to learn about bhajana, or worship of the Lord, by following his footsteps. All the Gosvāmīs engaged in such transcendental activities.
Following Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī means executing devotional service very strictly, specifically by chanting the holy name of the Lord.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
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”, “served”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhā-kṛṣṇa”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”, “holy name”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you give chanting the holy name a steadier place in your worship?
Choose a short, definite time today for chanting the holy name of the Lord.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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