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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 3.65
অন্য অবতারে সব সৈন্য–শস্ত্র সঙ্গে ।
চৈতন্য–কৃষ্ণের সৈন্য অঙ্গ–উপাঙ্গে ॥ ৬৫ ॥
anya avatāre saba sainya-śastra saṅge
caitanya-kṛṣṇera sainya aṅga-upāṅge
In other incarnations the Lord descended with armies and weapons, but in this incarnation His soldiers are His plenary parts and associates.
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In other incarnations, the Lord descended with armies and weapons.
In this incarnation, His soldiers are His plenary parts and associates.
The verse contrasts His earlier armies and weapons with the companions who serve Him in this incarnation.
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:
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. The appearance of Lord Caitanya is both significant and confidential.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
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In this verse: “associates”
Sevā · Love translated into service
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In this verse: “serve”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the Lord having His associates as His soldiers?
Read the translation slowly and name the contrast between this incarnation and the others.
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