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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 12.6
সেই স্কন্ধে যত প্রেমফল উপজিল ।
সেই কৃষ্ণপ্রেমফলে জগৎ ভরিল ॥ ৬ ॥
sei skandhe yata prema-phala upajila
sei kṛṣṇa-prema-phale jagat bharila
The fruits of love of Godhead that grew on those branches of the Caitanya tree were so large that they flooded the entire world with love of Kṛṣṇa.
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The branches of the Caitanya tree bore fruits of love of Godhead.
Those fruits grew so large that their influence reached the entire world.
The world was flooded with love of Kṛṣṇa.
Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.
The mood of Ādi 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives a summary of the twelfth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. The twelfth chapter describes the followers of Advaita Prabhu, among whom the followers of Acyutānanda, the son of Advaita Ācārya, are understood to be the pure followers who received the cream of the philosophy Śrī Advaita Ācārya enunciated.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”, “love of krsna”
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”
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What does this image suggest to me about the abundance of love of Kṛṣṇa?
Read the translation aloud once, then pause to reflect on love of Kṛṣṇa reaching the entire world.
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