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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 5.177
কিংবা, দোঁহা না মানিঞা হও ত’ পাষণ্ড ।
একে মানি’ আরে না মানি,—এইমত ভণ্ড ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
kiṁvā, doṅhā nā māniñā hao ta’ pāṣaṇḍa
eke māni’ āre nā māni, — ei-mata bhaṇḍa
“It would be better to be an atheist by slighting both brothers than a hypocrite by believing in one and slighting the other.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Believing in one brother while slighting the other is called hypocrisy.
The author says that slighting both brothers would be atheism.
His strong comparison warns that selective belief joined with disrespect is worse than openly slighting both.
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:
Therefore this chapter describes two Śvetadvīpas — one in the abode of Kṛṣṇa and the other in the ocean of milk in every universe. The Śvetadvīpa in the abode of Kṛṣṇa is identical with Vṛndāvana-dhāma, which is the place where Kṛṣṇa appears Himself to display His loving pastimes.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.
Do my attitudes toward both brothers agree with the faith I profess?
Examine one way you speak about the two brothers, and make sure it expresses respect for both.
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