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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 10.121
গৌড়দেশ–ভক্তের কৈল সংক্ষেপ কথন ।
অনন্ত চৈতন্যভক্ত না যায় গণন ॥ ১২১ ॥
gauḍa-deśa-bhaktera kaila saṅkṣepa kathana
ananta caitanya-bhakta nā yāya gaṇana
I have given a brief description of the devotees of Lord Caitanya in Bengal. Actually His devotees are innumerable.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author has described Lord Caitanya’s devotees in Bengal.
He calls this description brief.
Lord Caitanya’s devotees are actually innumerable.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that these devotees are innumerable change your view of this brief description?
Reread the translation and pause to appreciate that the devotees described are only a brief account of innumerable devotees.
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