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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 10.159
এইমত সংখ্যাতীত চৈতন্য–ভক্তগণ ।
দিঙ্মাত্র লিখি, সম্যক্ না যায় কথন ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
ei-mata saṅkhyātīta caitanya-bhakta-gaṇa
diṅmātra likhi, samyak nā yāya kathana
I list in this way only a portion of the innumerable devotees of Lord Caitanya. To describe them all fully is not possible.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The list describes only a portion of Lord Caitanya’s devotees.
His devotees are innumerable; this account does not include them all.
To describe all of them fully is not possible.
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 this list is only partial affect your appreciation of Lord Caitanya’s devotees?
Reread the translation and pause to appreciate the many devotees not described here.
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