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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 13.1
স প্রসীদতু চৈতন্যদেবো যস্য প্রসাদতঃ ।
তল্লীলাবর্ণনে যোগ্যঃ সদ্যঃ স্যাদধমোঽপ্যয়ম্ ॥১ ॥
sa prasīdatu caitanya-
devo yasya prasādataḥ
tal-līlā-varṇane yogyaḥ
sadyaḥ syād adhamo ’py ayam
I wish the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by whose mercy even one who is fallen can describe the pastimes of the Lord.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
To describe Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu or Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one needs the Lord’s grace and mercy. Even someone unfit for a literary career can describe transcendental topics by that mercy.
Without being endowed with the Lord’s mercy, one cannot preach His name, fame, qualities, form and entourage.
The writing of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta manifests specific mercy bestowed upon Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī. Although he considered himself most fallen, we should honor him as our esteemed master.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 13.1 quotesCC Antya 7.11
Kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana. Unless endowed with the mercy of the Lord, one cannot preach of the Lord’s name, fame, qualities, form, entourage and so on.
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Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 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:
The thirteenth chapter describes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s appearance. The entire Ādi-līlā describes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s household life, and similarly the Antya-līlā describes His life in the sannyāsa order.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks 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”, “grace”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this teaching change the way I view the author’s humility?
Before reading today, briefly ask Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His grace and mercy.
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