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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 10.83
কুলীনগ্রামীর ভাগ্য কহনে না যায় ।
শূকর চরায় ডোম, সেহ কৃষ্ণ গায় ॥ ৮৩ ॥
kulīnagrāmīra bhāgya kahane nā yāya
śūkara carāya ḍoma, seha kṛṣṇa gāya
“No one can describe the fortunate position of Kulīna-grāma. It is so sublime that even sweepers who tend their hogs there also chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The fortunate position of Kulīna-grāma is beyond description.
Even sweepers tending their hogs there chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
The Lord points to their chanting as evidence of the village’s sublime position.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this description help you value the opportunity to chant?
Take a brief pause in your daily work to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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