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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 17.101
আর দিন এক ভিক্ষুক আইলা মাগিতে ।
প্রভুর নৃত্য দেখি নৃত্য লাগিল করিতে ॥ ১০১ ॥
āra dina eka bhikṣuka āilā māgite
prabhura nṛtya dekhi nṛtya lāgila karite
On another day a mendicant came to beg alms from the Lord’s house, but when he saw the Lord dancing, he also began to dance.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A mendicant came to the Lord’s house to beg alms.
When he arrived, he saw the Lord dancing.
Seeing the Lord dance, the mendicant also began to dance.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
As Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Kṛṣṇa Himself assumed the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to taste Her ecstatic situation. No one else could do this.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches me about the mendicant joining the Lord’s dance?
Reread the translation slowly, noticing the change from begging alms to dancing.
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