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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 10.23
দুইজনে খট্মটি লাগায় কোন্দল ।
তাঁর প্রীত্যের কথা আগে কহিব সকল ॥ ২৩ ॥
dui-jane khaṭmaṭi lāgāya kondala
tāṅra prītyera kathā āge kahiba sakala
They sometimes appeared to fight over trifles, but these quarrels were based on their affection, of which I shall speak later.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
They sometimes appeared to fight over trifles.
These quarrels were based on their affection.
The author says that he will speak about these affectionate quarrels later.
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 the affection behind these quarrels change your understanding of them?
Reread the translation and note the distinction between how these quarrels appeared and what they were based on.
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