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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.86
এত বলি’ দুঁহে রহে হরষিত হঞা ।
শালগ্রাম সেবা করে বিশেষ করিয়া ॥ ৮৬ ॥
eta bali’ duṅhe rahe haraṣita hañā
śālagrāma sevā kare viśeṣa kariyā
After this conversation, both husband and wife were very jubilant, and together they rendered service to the household śālagrāma-śilā.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Both husband and wife were very jubilant after their conversation. Together they served the household śālagrāma-śilā.
The purport describes śālagrāma-śilā worship as a longstanding duty in brāhmaṇa families. It criticizes pride in brāhmaṇa birth without maintaining this worship.
Śrīla Prabhupāda had refrained from introducing this worship in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness society. He would introduce it when members were strictly situated in brahminical behavior.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Then, in 1407 Śaka Era (A.D. 1486), in the full-moon evening of the month of Phālguna, with the constellation of Siṁha (Leo) on the horizon, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared as the son of Śrī Śacīdevī and Jagannātha Miśra. After hearing of the birth of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, learned scholars and brāhmaṇas, bringing many gifts, came to see the newborn baby.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.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”, “served”
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: “together”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “conversation”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this account connect joy in devotion with service and proper behavior?
Write down the qualification Śrīla Prabhupāda wanted members to establish before introducing śālagrāma-śilā worship.
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