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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 10.3
এই মালীর—এই বৃক্ষের অকথ্য কথন ।
এবে শুন মুখ্যশাখার নাম–বিবরণ ॥ ৩॥
ei mālīra — ei vṛkṣera akathya kathana
ebe śuna mukhya-śākhāra nāma-vivaraṇa
The description of Lord Caitanya as the gardener and the tree is inconceivable. Now hear with attention about the branches of this tree.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Caitanya is described as both the gardener and the tree.
This description is inconceivable.
The reader is now asked to hear with attention about the branches of this tree.
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: “branches”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What helps you listen attentively when a teaching is beyond your understanding?
Set aside distractions and read the next description of the tree’s branches slowly.
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