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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 5.138
বৃষায়মাণৌ নর্দন্তৌ যুযুধাতে পরস্পরম্ ।
অনুকৃত্য রুতৈর্জন্তূংশ্চেরতুঃ প্রাকৃতৌ যথা ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
vṛṣāyamāṇau nardantau
yuyudhāte parasparam
anukṛtya rutair jantūṁś
ceratuḥ prākṛtau yathā
“Acting just like ordinary boys, They played like roaring bulls as They fought each other, and They imitated the calls of various animals.”
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They acted just like ordinary boys.
They played like roaring bulls as They fought each other.
They imitated the calls of various animals. The purport identifies this quotation as coming from the Bhāgavatam.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 5.138 quotesSB 10.11.39-40
This and the following quotation are from the Bhāgavatam (10.11.40 and 10.15.14).
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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:
Mahā-Viṣṇu again enters every universe as the reservoir of all living entities, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. From Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu expands Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the Supersoul of every living entity.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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What catches your attention in this description of Them playing just like ordinary boys?
Read the translation slowly and recall its two playful actions: fighting like roaring bulls and imitating animal calls.
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