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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 10.144
বাইশ ঘড়া জল দিনে ভরেন রামাই ।
গোবিন্দ–আজ্ঞায় সেবা করেন নন্দাই ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
bāiśa ghaḍā jala dine bharena rāmāi
govinda-ājñāya sevā karena nandāi
Every day Rāmāi filled twenty-two big waterpots, whereas Nandāi personally assisted Govinda.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Every day Rāmāi filled twenty-two big waterpots.
Nandāi personally assisted Govinda.
The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā states that two servants who formerly supplied milk and water to Lord Kṛṣṇa became Rāmāi and Nandāi in the pastimes of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “nandāi”
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: “servants”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I approach a repeated, ordinary task as an opportunity to serve?
Take care of one water-related service today, such as filling a drinking-water container.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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