1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.68
যদ্যপি এই শ্লোকে আছে পঞ্চ অলঙ্কার ।
এই পঞ্চদোষে শ্লোক কৈল ছারখার ॥ ৬৮ ॥
yadyapi ei śloke āche pañca alaṅkāra
ei pañca-doṣe śloka kaila chārakhāra
“Although there are five literary ornaments decorating this verse, the entire verse has been spoiled by these five most faulty presentations.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Five literary ornaments decorate the verse.
The verse also contains five most faulty presentations.
Despite its ornaments, these faults spoil the entire verse.
Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.
The mood of Ādi 16 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:
In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita. Later the Kāśmīrī Paṇḍita, who was known to have been victorious all over the country, submitted himself to the goddess of learning, and by her order he met Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the morning of the next day and surrendered unto Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I notice faults as carefully as I notice attractive wording?
Review a short passage you have written for faults, rather than adding more decorative language.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Ādi 16.68? Get an answer from the verses themselves.