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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 10.88
দুই শাখার প্রেমফলে সকল ভাসিল ।
প্রেমফলাস্বাদে লোক উন্মত্ত হইল ॥ ৮৮ ॥
dui śākhāra prema-phale sakala bhāsila
prema-phalāsvāde loka unmatta ha-ila
The fruits of love of Godhead which fructified on these two branches were distributed in abundance. Tasting these fruits, everyone became mad after them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The fruits growing on these two branches were fruits of love of Godhead.
These fruits were distributed in abundance.
Everyone who tasted them became mad after them, expressing an intense desire for these fruits.
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.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributed”
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”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What draws you to the description of love of Godhead as a fruit that everyone longs to taste?
Read this verse aloud today, pausing to reflect on “love of Godhead.”
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