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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 12.7
সেই জল স্কন্ধে করে শাখাতে সঞ্চার ।
ফলে–ফুলে বাড়ে,—শাখা হইল বিস্তার ॥ ৭ ॥
sei jala skandhe kare śākhāte sañcāra
phale-phule bāḍe, — śākhā ha-ila vistāra
As the trunk and branches were watered, the branches and subbranches spread lavishly, and the tree grew full with fruits and flowers.
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The trunk and branches of the tree were watered.
As they were watered, the branches and subbranches spread lavishly.
The tree grew full with fruits and flowers.
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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In this verse: “branches”
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What stands out to me in this picture of a watered, flourishing tree?
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