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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 15.6
অল্পকালে হৈলা পঞ্জী–টীকাতে প্রবীণ ।
চিরকালের পড়ুয়া জিনে হইয়া নবীন ॥ ৬ ॥
alpa-kāle hailā pañjī-ṭīkāte pravīṇa
cira-kālera paḍuyā jine ha-iyā navīna
He soon became so expert in commenting on the Pañjī-ṭīkā that He could win victory over all the other students, although He was a neophyte.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura identifies Pañjī-ṭīkā as a commentary on grammar.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained this commentary very lucidly.
Although He was a neophyte, He soon became so expert in commenting on it that He could defeat all the other students.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
The Lord took lessons in grammar from Gaṅgādāsa Paṇḍita and became very expert in commenting upon grammar. He forbade His mother to take grains on the Ekādaśī day.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 impresses you about the Lord’s clarity and expertise, even as a new student?
Write one sentence describing what this verse reveals about the Lord’s learning.
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