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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 10.4
চৈতন্য–গোসাঞির যত পারিষদচয় ।
গুরু–লঘু–ভাব তাঁর না হয় নিশ্চয় ॥ ৪ ॥
caitanya-gosāñira yata pāriṣada-caya
guru-laghu-bhāva tāṅra nā haya niścaya
The associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were many, but none of them should be considered lower or higher. This cannot be ascertained.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had many associates.
None of these associates should be considered lower or higher.
Their relative position as higher or lower cannot be ascertained.
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.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associates”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do you notice a tendency to rank the Lord’s associates rather than respect them?
When reading about the Lord’s associates today, pause before making any higher-or-lower comparison.
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