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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 17.24
‘কেবল’ শব্দে পুনরপি নিশ্চয়–করণ ।
জ্ঞান–যোগ–তপ কর্ম–আদি নিবারণ ॥ ২৪ ॥
‘kevala’-śabde punarapi niścaya-karaṇa
jñāna-yoga-tapa-karma-ādi nivāraṇa
“The use of the word ‘kevala’ [‘only’] prohibits all other processes, such as the cultivation of knowledge, practice of mystic yoga, or performance of austerities and fruitive activities.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The word “kevala,” meaning “only,” excludes other processes such as cultivating knowledge, mystic yoga, austerities and fruitive activities.
The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement therefore stresses chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. The purport describes pursuing the other processes instead as wasting time and misleading followers.
The purport insists that this position rests on the injunctions of the śāstras, not obstinacy. These injunctions should not be compromised or abandoned because others object.
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:
Vivid descriptions of some portions of His pastimes are seen in this chapter, however, because Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has not elaborately described them. In this chapter we shall find descriptions of the mango distribution festival and Lord Caitanya’s discourses with Chand Kazi.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “followers”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Are you tempted to treat another process as a substitute for chanting the holy name?
Set aside a few minutes to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra today rather than replacing that time with another spiritual process.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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