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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 17.297
প্রেমভক্তি দিয়া তেঁহো ভাসা’ল জগতে ।
তাঁর চরিত্র লোকে না পারে বুঝিতে ॥ ২৯৭ ॥
prema-bhakti diyā teṅho bhāsā’la jagate
tāṅra caritra loke nā pāre bujhite
Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu overflooded the entire world by distributing transcendental loving service. No one can understand His character and activities.
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Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu distributed transcendental loving service.
His distribution was so abundant that He overflooded the entire world.
No one can understand His character and activities.
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:
Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude. All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.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.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributing”, “distributed”
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 you appreciate His generosity while remaining humble about understanding Him?
Read the translation slowly, pausing to appreciate the gift of transcendental loving service.
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