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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 2.77
যৈছে কহি,—এই বিপ্র পরম পণ্ডিত ।
বিপ্র—অনুবাদ, ইহার বিধেয়—পাণ্ডিত্য ॥ ৭৭ ॥
yaiche kahi, — ei vipra parama paṇḍita
vipra — anuvāda, ihāra vidheya — pāṇḍitya
“For example, we may say, ‘This vipra is a greatly learned man.’ In this sentence, the vipra is the subject, and the predicate is his erudition.
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The example states, ‘This vipra is a greatly learned man.’
The vipra is the subject of the sentence.
His erudition—his great learning—is the predicate.
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.
In this example, can I distinguish the person from the quality stated about him?
Copy the example and label ‘this vipra’ as the subject and his great learning as the predicate.
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