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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.237
অতএব ভক্তগণে করি নমস্কার ।
নিঃশঙ্কে কহিয়ে, তার হউক্ চমৎকার ॥ ২৩৭ ॥
ataeva bhakta-gaṇe kari namaskāra
niḥśaṅke kahiye, tāra hauk camatkāra
Therefore after offering obeisances to the devotees, for their satisfaction I shall speak without hesitating.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author first offers obeisances to the devotees.
He intends to speak for their satisfaction.
With this purpose, he will speak without hesitating.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
The mood of Ādi 4 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:
Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī was the principal figure among Lord Caitanya’s confidential devotees. The records of his diary have revealed these confidential purposes of the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might respect for devotees shape the way you speak?
Today, offer respects to the devotees before reading, remembering their satisfaction.
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