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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 17.263
আমাকে প্রণতি করে, হয় পাপক্ষয় ।
তবে সে ইহারে ভক্তি লওয়াইলে লয় ॥ ২৬৩ ॥
āmāke praṇati kare, haya pāpa-kṣaya
tabe se ihāre bhakti laoyāile laya
“If these rogues offer Me obeisances, the reactions of their sinful activities will be nullified. Then, if I induce them, they will take to devotional service.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord says that offering Him obeisances will nullify the reactions of their sinful activities.
Even those He calls rogues can receive this benefit.
Then, prompted by Him, they will take to devotional service.
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:
All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can offering respect help me become more receptive to devotional service?
Offer the Lord one respectful obeisance today, asking to be guided toward devotional service.
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