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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 5.114
দেবগণে না পায় যাঁহার দরশন ।
ক্ষীরোদকতীরে যাই’ করেন স্তবন ॥ ১১৪ ॥
deva-gaṇe nā pāya yāṅhāra daraśana
kṣīrodaka-tīre yāi’ karena stavana
Unable to see Him, the demigods go to the shore of the ocean of milk and offer prayers to Him.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The denizens of heaven, living in planetary systems beginning from Svarloka, cannot see Lord Viṣṇu in Śvetadvīpa.
Unable to reach the island, they approach the shore of the ocean of milk and offer transcendental prayers.
On special occasions, they appeal to the Lord to appear as an incarnation.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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:
On the Vaikuṇṭha planet in every universe is an ocean of milk, and within that ocean is an island called Śvetadvīpa, where Lord Viṣṇu lives. Therefore this chapter describes two Śvetadvīpas — one in the abode of Kṛṣṇa and the other in the ocean of milk in every universe.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the demigods offering prayers even when they cannot see the Lord?
Offer a brief, respectful prayer to Lord Viṣṇu today.
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