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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 3.98
লোকগতি দেখি’ আচার্য করুণ–হৃদয় ।
বিচার করেন, লোকের কৈছে হিত হয় ॥ ৯৮ ॥
loka-gati dekhi’ ācārya karuṇa-hṛdaya
vicāra karena, lokera kaiche hita haya
Seeing the activities of the world, the Ācārya felt compassion and began to ponder how He could act for the people’s benefit.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Seeing the world’s activities, the Ācārya felt compassion and considered how to benefit people. Serious concern for public welfare marks a bona fide ācārya.
An ācārya does not exploit his followers. His heart is full of compassion, and he helps people make their activities favorable for devotion.
Although Śrī Advaita Prabhu was powerful enough to act, He thought as a submissive servitor. He considered the Lord’s personal appearance necessary to improve society’s fallen condition.
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:
He felt sorry for the condition of the world because even after Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance, no one had interest in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favorable”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “followers”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does my concern for others include helping them turn toward devotional service?
Choose one everyday activity and consider how to make it favorable for devotion.
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