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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 2.76
‘বিধেয়’ কহিয়ে তারে, যে বস্তু অজ্ঞাত ।
‘অনুবাদ’ কহি তারে, যেই হয় জ্ঞাত ॥ ৭৬ ॥
‘vidheya’ kahiye tāre, ye vastu ajñāta
‘anuvāda’ kahi tāre, yei haya jñāta
“The predicate of a sentence is what is unknown to the reader, whereas the subject is what is known to him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The subject is what the reader already knows.
The predicate is what is unknown to the reader.
The distinction between subject and predicate rests on what is known and what is being introduced.
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:
Innumerable material universes are similarly exhibited by His external energy, and the living entities are manifested by His marginal energy. Because Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is not different from Lord Kṛṣṇa, He is the cause of all causes; there is no cause beyond Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I distinguish the known subject from the new information given about it?
In one sentence you read today, identify the subject and the information given about it.
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