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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 17.152
প্রভু কহে,—প্রশ্ন লাগি’ আইলাম তোমার স্থানে ।
কাজী কহে,—আজ্ঞা কর, যে তোমার মনে ॥ ১৫২ ॥
prabhu kahe, — praśna lāgi’ āilāma tomāra sthāne
kājī kahe, — ājñā kara, ye tomāra mane
The Lord said, “My dear uncle, I have come to your home just to ask you some questions.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord addresses the Kazi affectionately as “My dear uncle.”
He explains that He has come to the Kazi’s home to ask some questions.
The Kazi welcomes Him and invites Him to say what is in His mind.
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:
In the ecstatic love of the gopīs, all worshipable forms but Kṛṣṇa are rejected. Among all the gopīs, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī has the highest ecstatic love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make it easier for someone to ask an honest question?
Invite someone to share a question, and listen to what is on their mind.
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