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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 10.20
প্রভু বলে—তুমি মোর পক্ষ এক শাখা ।
আকাশে উড়িতাম যদি পাঙ আর পাখা ॥ ২০ ॥
prabhu bale — tumi mora pakṣa eka śākhā
ākāśe uḍitāma yadi pāṅ āra pākhā
Lord Caitanya replied, “I have only one wing like you, but if I had another, certainly I would fly in the sky!”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Caitanya replied by comparing His servant to a wing.
The Lord said that He had only one such wing.
He said that if He had another, He would certainly fly in the sky.
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.
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: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What sense of closeness do you hear in Lord Caitanya’s comparison?
Write down the Lord’s image of having one wing, and spend a moment reflecting on His affectionate words.
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