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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 3.51
ইতি দ্বাপর উর্বীশ স্তুবন্তি জগদীশ্বরম্ ।
নানাতন্ত্রবিধানেন কলাবপি যথা শৃণু ॥ ৫১ ॥
iti dvāpara urv-īśa
stuvanti jagad-īśvaram
nānā-tantra-vidhānena
kalāv api yathā śṛṇu
“O King, in this way people in Dvāpara-yuga worshiped the Lord of the universe. In Kali-yuga they also worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead by the regulations of the revealed scriptures. Kindly now hear of that from me.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Saint Karabhājana speaks this teaching in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
People in Dvāpara-yuga worshiped the Lord of the universe. In Kali-yuga, people also worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Worship in Kali-yuga follows the regulations of the revealed scriptures. The speaker invites the King to hear about it.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 3.51 quotesSB 11.5.31
This verse is spoken by Saint Karabhājana in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.31).
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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:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja has herein presented much authentic evidence from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and other scriptures to substantiate the identity of Lord Caitanya with Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself. He has described bodily symptoms in Lord Caitanya that are visible only in the person of the Supreme Lord, and he has proved that Lord Caitanya appeared with His personal associates — Śrī Nityānanda, Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and other devotees — to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing am I to hear scriptural guidance about worship?
Reread this translation attentively, noting that worship is guided by revealed scripture.
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