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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 2.116
সব শ্রোতাগণের করি চরণ বন্দন ।
এ সব সিদ্ধান্ত শুন, করি’ এক মন ॥ ১১৬ ॥
saba śrotā-gaṇera kari caraṇa vandana
e saba siddhānta śuna, kari’ eka mana
I offer my obeisances unto the feet of all who hear or read this discourse. Kindly hear with attention the conclusion of all these statements.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author offers obeisances at the feet of those who hear or read his discourse.
In all humility, he asks his readers to hear the conclusive arguments about the Absolute Truth with rapt attention.
One should not neglect these arguments, for only by such knowledge can one perfectly know Kṛṣṇa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Revelatory awe. The identity of Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa is established; wonder becomes theological confidence.
The mood of Ādi 2 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:
Lord Caitanya is directly the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, as the evidence of authoritative scriptures proves. This chapter stresses that a devotee who wishes to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness must have knowledge of Kṛṣṇa’s personal form, His three principal energies, His pastimes and the relationship of the living entities with Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How attentive am I when hearing conclusions about Kṛṣṇa?
Set aside distractions and read this translation once with full attention.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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