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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 17.190
পুড়িল সকল দাড়ি, মুখে হৈল ব্রণ ।
যেই পেয়াদা যায়, তার এই বিবরণ ॥ ১৯০ ॥
puḍila sakala dāḍi, mukhe haila vraṇa
yei peyādā yāya, tāra ei vivaraṇa
“ ‘My beard was burned, and there were blisters on my cheeks.’ Every orderly who went gave the same description.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The orderly reported that his beard had been burned.
He also described blisters on his cheeks.
Every orderly who went gave the same description; this was not just one person’s report.
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 hearing the same description from every orderly affect your reading of this event?
Reread the verse and identify the two injuries the orderlies described.
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