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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 17.153
প্রভু কহে,—গোদুগ্ধ খাও, গাভী তোমার মাতা ।
বৃষ অন্ন উপজায়, তাতে তেঁহো পিতা ॥ ১৫৩ ॥
prabhu kahe, — go-dugdha khāo, gābhī tomāra mātā
vṛṣa anna upajāya, tāte teṅho pitā
The Lord said, “You drink cows’ milk; therefore the cow is your mother. And the bull produces grains for your maintenance; therefore he is your father.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord points out that people drink cows’ milk.
Because the cow gives milk, He identifies her as their mother.
Because the bull produces grains for their maintenance, He identifies him as their father.
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:
The King of Vrajabhūmi is Nanda Mahārāja, and the same person in Navadvīpa is Jagannātha Miśra, the father of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Similarly, mother Yaśodā is the Queen of Vrajabhūmi, and in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya she is Śacīmātā.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.
How does recognizing the cow and bull as mother and father deepen my gratitude for food?
Before a meal today, pause to remember the nourishment supplied by cows and the help bulls give in producing grains.
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