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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 3.99
আপনি শ্রীকৃষ্ণ যদি করেন অবতার ।
আপনে আচরি’ ভক্তি করেন প্রচার ॥ ৯৯ ॥
āpani śrī-kṛṣṇa yadi karena avatāra
āpane ācari’ bhakti karena pracāra
[Advaita Ācārya thought:] “If Śrī Kṛṣṇa were to appear as an incarnation, He Himself could preach devotion by His personal example.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita Ācārya considered the possibility of Śrī Kṛṣṇa appearing as an incarnation.
He thought that Kṛṣṇa Himself could preach devotion.
Kṛṣṇa could teach this devotion through His own personal example.
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:
Therefore Advaita requested Lord Kṛṣṇa to appear as Lord Caitanya. Offering tulasī leaves and Ganges water, He cried for the Lord’s appearance.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.
How could my own example support what I say about devotion?
Put one devotional teaching into practice today rather than only speaking about it.
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