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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 11.11
অদ্যাপি যাঁহার কৃপা–মহিমা হইতে ।
চৈতন্য–নিত্যানন্দ গায় সকল জগতে ॥ ১১ ॥
adyāpi yāṅhāra kṛpā-mahimā ha-ite
caitanya-nityānanda gāya sakala jagate
It is by the glorious mercy of Śrī Vīrabhadra Gosāñi that people all over the world now have the chance to chant the names of Caitanya and Nityānanda.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Vīrabhadra Gosāñi’s mercy is glorious.
Through His mercy, people all over the world now have the chance to chant.
The names they have the opportunity to chant are those of Caitanya and Nityānanda.
Affectionate inclusiveness. Nityānanda’s branches show devotion multiplying through relationships.
The mood of Ādi 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
As the branches and subbranches of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu were described in the tenth chapter, in this eleventh chapter the branches and subbranches of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu are similarly listed.Back to this verse in Ādi 11
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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”, “names of”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I value the chance to chant the names of Caitanya and Nityānanda?
Spend a quiet moment chanting the names of Caitanya and Nityānanda, remembering Śrī Vīrabhadra Gosāñi’s mercy.
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