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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 10.146
বলভদ্র ভট্টাচার্য—ভক্তি অধিকারী ।
মথুরা–গমনে প্রভুর যেঁহো ব্রহ্মচারী ॥ ১৪৬ ॥
balabhadra bhaṭṭācārya — bhakti adhikārī
mathurā-gamane prabhura yeṅho brahmacārī
As a bona fide devotee, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya, the twenty-third principal associate, acted as the brahmacārī of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He toured Mathurā.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya was a bona fide devotee who served as the personal assistant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu during His tour of Mathurā and Vṛndāvana.
A brahmacārī serves as a personal assistant of a sannyāsī. A sannyāsī is supposed to be a spiritual master, and a brahmacārī his disciple.
A sannyāsī is not supposed to cook and generally takes prasādam at a gṛhastha's house. A brahmacārī helps with these arrangements.
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.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associate”
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: “served”
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: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can practical assistance support someone else's spiritual service?
Offer one small act of help with arranging or serving prasādam today.
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