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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.81
বাণীনাথ বসু আদি যত গ্রামী জন ।
সবেই চৈতন্যভৃত্য,—চৈতন্য–প্রাণধন ॥ ৮১ ॥
vāṇīnātha vasu ādi yata grāmī jana
sabei caitanya-bhṛtya, — caitanya-prāṇadhana
All the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma village, headed by Vāṇīnātha Vasu, were servants of Lord Caitanya, who was their only life and wealth.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma were servants of Lord Caitanya.
They were headed by Vāṇīnātha Vasu.
Lord Caitanya was their only life and wealth.
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: “servants”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean for you to treasure Lord Caitanya as your life and wealth?
Pause today to reflect on the words “their only life and wealth,” and offer one small act of service to Lord Caitanya.
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