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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 4.6
সত্য এই হেতু, কিন্তু এহো বহিরঙ্গ ।
আর এক হেতু, শুন, আছে অন্তরঙ্গ ॥ ৬ ॥
satya ei hetu, kintu eho bahiraṅga
āra eka hetu, śuna, āche antaraṅga
Although this is true, this is but the external reason for the Lord’s incarnation. Please hear one other reason — the confidential reason — for the Lord’s appearance.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Caitanya appeared to distribute love of Kṛṣṇa and the chanting of His transcendental holy name, Hare Kṛṣṇa.
This purpose is true, but it is the external, secondary reason for His appearance.
There is another, confidential reason for the Lord’s appearance. The author asks the reader to hear it as the explanation unfolds.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
The second reason for His appearance was to understand the transcendental mellow of Himself. Lord Kṛṣṇa is all sweetness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”, “holy name”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distribute”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I patiently hear the confidential reason without assuming I already understand it?
Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa today, remembering that distributing the holy name is a stated purpose of Lord Caitanya’s appearance.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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