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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 2.31
শিশু বৎস হরি’ ব্রহ্মা করি অপরাধ ।
অপরাধ ক্ষমাইতে মাগেন প্রসাদ ॥ ৩১ ॥
śiśu vatsa hari’ brahmā kari aparādha
aparādha kṣamāite māgena prasāda
After Brahmā had offended Kṛṣṇa by stealing His playmates and calves, he begged the Lord’s pardon for his offensive act and prayed for the Lord’s mercy.
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Brahmā offended Kṛṣṇa by stealing His playmates and calves.
Brahmā begged the Lord’s pardon for his offensive act.
He also prayed for the Lord’s mercy.
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:
Mahā-Viṣṇu is the reservoir of all conditioned souls, but, as confirmed in the authoritative scriptures, Lord Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate fountainhead, the source of numerous plenary expansions, including Nārāyaṇa, who is generally accepted by Māyāvādī philosophers to be the Absolute Truth. The Lord’s manifestation of prābhava and vaibhava expansions, as well as partial incarnations and incarnations with delegated powers, are also explained.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to acknowledge my offenses and ask the Lord for pardon?
Offer a short, sincere prayer asking Kṛṣṇa to pardon your offenses and grant His mercy.
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