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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 15.25
কত দিনে প্রভু চিত্তে করিলা চিন্তন ।
গৃহস্থ হইলাম, এবে চাহি গৃহধর্ম ॥ ২৫ ॥
kata dine prabhu citte karilā cintana
gṛhastha ha-ilāma, ebe cāhi gṛha-dharma
After some days the Lord thought, “I did not take sannyāsa, and since I am remaining at home it is My duty to act as a gṛhastha.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord reflected that He had not taken sannyāsa.
Since He was remaining at home, He considered the duties of that life.
He resolved that it was His duty to act as a gṛhastha, or householder.
Wonder touched by grief. Learning, family duty, the loss of Jagannātha Miśra, and marriage create mixed feeling.
The mood of Ādi 15 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:
He narrated a story that Viśvarūpa, after accepting the sannyāsa order, invited Him in a dream to accept sannyāsa also , but the Lord refused and was therefore sent back home. When Jagannātha Miśra passed away, the Lord married the daughter of Vallabhācārya, whose name was Lakṣmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 15
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What duties belong to your present situation in life?
Choose one responsibility at home and give it careful attention today.
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