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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 10.132
আলিঙ্গন করি’ তাঁরে বলিল বচন ।
তুমি পাণ্ডু, পঞ্চপাণ্ডব—তোমার নন্দন ॥ ১৩২ ॥
āliṅgana kari’ tāṅre balila vacana
tumi pāṇḍu, pañca-pāṇḍava — tomāra nandana
Embracing Rāya Bhavānanda, the Lord declared to him, “You formerly appeared as Pāṇḍu, and your five sons appeared as the five Pāṇḍavas.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord embraced Rāya Bhavānanda as He spoke to him.
He declared that Rāya Bhavānanda had formerly appeared as Pāṇḍu.
He also declared that Bhavānanda’s five sons had appeared as the five Pāṇḍavas.
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.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “bhavānanda”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “embraced”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the Lord’s embrace and His words to Rāya Bhavānanda?
Read the Lord’s declaration slowly, noting the former identities He reveals.
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