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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 10.161
সকল ভরিয়া আছে প্রেম–ফুল–ফলে ।
ভাসাইল ত্রিজগৎ কৃষ্ণপ্রেম–জলে ॥ ১৬১ ॥
sakala bhariyā āche prema-phula-phale
bhāsāila tri-jagat kṛṣṇa-prema-jale
Every branch and subbranch of the tree is full of innumerable fruits and flowers. They inundate the world with the waters of love of Kṛṣṇa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Every branch and subbranch of the tree is full of fruits and flowers.
These fruits and flowers are innumerable.
The branches and subbranches inundate the world with the waters of love of Kṛṣṇa.
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.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “branch”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the image of the world flooded with love of Kṛṣṇa invite me to appreciate?
Read the translation slowly, pausing over the words “love of Kṛṣṇa.”
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