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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.103
আর দিনে জ্যোতিষ সর্বজ্ঞ এক আইল ।
তাহারে সম্মান করি’ প্রভু প্রশ্ন কৈল ॥ ১০৩ ॥
āra dine jyotiṣa sarva-jña eka āila
tāhāre sammāna kari’ prabhu praśna kaila
On another day an astrologer came who was said to know everything — past, present and future. Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received him with all honor and put this question before him.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
An astrologer said to know the past, present and future came to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord received him with all honor.
Brāhmaṇas generally served as astrologers, Āyur-vedic physicians, teachers and priests. Though learned and respectable, they went door to door to distribute knowledge.
They advised householders about functions on particular dates and offered medical guidance when family members were sick. People also asked them about their past, present and future.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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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: “served”, “offered”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distribute”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I show respect to those who generously share their knowledge?
Thank someone today who has taken time to teach or guide you.
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