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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 17.170
কল্পিত আমার শাস্ত্র,—আমি সব জানি ।
জাতি–অনুরোধে তবু সেই শাস্ত্র মানি ॥ ১৭০ ॥
kalpita āmāra śāstra, — āmi saba jāni
jāti-anurodhe tabu sei śāstra māni
“I know that our scriptures are full of imagination and mistaken ideas, yet because I am a Muslim I accept them for the sake of my community, despite their insufficient support.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker acknowledges that his scriptures contain imagination and mistaken ideas.
He recognizes that they have insufficient support.
Nevertheless, he accepts them because he is a Muslim and wishes to remain loyal to his community.
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:
When Kṛṣṇa in His form of Nārāyaṇa saw Rādhārāṇī, He could not keep His position as Nārāyaṇa and again assumed the form of Kṛṣṇa. The King of Vrajabhūmi is Nanda Mahārāja, and the same person in Navadvīpa is Jagannātha Miśra, the father of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.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.
Have I ever accepted an idea for the sake of belonging, despite recognizing weaknesses in its support?
Privately note one belief you accept through community loyalty and consider what support you have for it.
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