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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 5.171
এত বলি’ নাচে গায়, করয়ে সন্তোষ ।
কৃষ্ণকার্য করে বিপ্র—না করিলে রোষ ॥ ১৭১ ॥
eta bali’ nāce gāya, karaye santoṣa
kṛṣṇa-kārya kare vipra — nā karila roṣa
After saying this, he danced and sang to his heart’s content, but the brāhmaṇa did not become angry, for he was then serving Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After speaking, Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa danced and sang to his heart's content. The brāhmaṇa did not become angry, for he was serving Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa was a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda. Guṇārṇava Miśra's behavior indicated that he had no great respect for Lord Nityānanda, which was not at all palatable to Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa.
The purport compares this to Romaharṣaṇa-sūta's failure to leave the vyāsāsana to offer respect to Lord Baladeva. For this reason, devotees never deprecate the mentality of Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “serving”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa's devotion to Lord Nityānanda help you understand his response?
Reread the purport and identify the reason devotees do not condemn Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa's mentality.
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