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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.42
দৈর্ঘ্য–বিস্তারে যেই আপনার হাত ।
চারি হস্ত হয় ‘মহাপুরুষ’ বিখ্যাত ॥ ৪২ ॥
dairghya-vistāre yei āpanāra hāta
cāri hasta haya ‘mahā-puruṣa’ vikhyāta
One who measures four cubits in height and in breadth by his own hand is celebrated as a great personality.
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The translation describes a person measuring four cubits in height.
The breadth also measures four cubits, with the person's own hand providing the measure.
A person with these measurements is celebrated as a great personality.
Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.
The mood of Ādi 3 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:
The incarnation for this age especially preaches this process, but only Kṛṣṇa Himself can explain the confidential loving service performed in the four principal varieties of loving affairs between the Supreme Lord and His devotees. Lord Kṛṣṇa therefore personally appeared, with His plenary portions, as Lord Caitanya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What bodily measurements does this translation associate with a great personality?
Write down the two measurements described, noting whose hand provides the measure.
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