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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 3.90
অসুরস্বভাবে কৃষ্ণে কভু নাহি জানে ।
লুকাইতে নারে কৃষ্ণ ভক্তজন–স্থানে ॥ ৯০ ॥
asura-svabhāve kṛṣṇe kabhu nāhi jāne
lukāite nāre kṛṣṇa bhakta-jana-sthāne
Those whose nature is demoniac cannot know Kṛṣṇa at any time, but He cannot hide Himself from His pure devotees.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Those who develop a demoniac nature cannot know Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead.
Challenging the authority of Godhead does not lead to knowing Him.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa cannot hide Himself from His pure devotees.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
This forgetfulness was so overwhelming that Advaita Prabhu was convinced that no one but Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself could enlighten people about devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Therefore Advaita requested Lord Kṛṣṇa to appear as Lord Caitanya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I approaching Kṛṣṇa with a desire to serve Him or to challenge His authority?
Take a quiet moment today to express your desire to know Kṛṣṇa through pure devotion.
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