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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 5.203
সনাতন–কৃপায় পাইনু ভক্তির সিদ্ধান্ত ।
শ্রীরূপ–কৃপায় পাইনু ভক্তিরসপ্রান্ত ॥ ২০৩ ॥
sanātana-kṛpāya pāinu bhaktira siddhānta
śrī-rūpa-kṛpāya pāinu bhakti-rasa-prānta
By the mercy of Sanātana Gosvāmī I have learned the final conclusions of devotional service, and by the grace of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī I have tasted the highest nectar of devotional service.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
By Sanātana Gosvāmī's mercy, the author learned the final conclusions of devotional service. By Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī's grace, he tasted its highest nectar.
Sanātana Gosvāmī's Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta is essential reading for anyone who wants to know about devotees, devotional service and Kṛṣṇa. His Daśama-ṭippanī helps readers deeply understand Kṛṣṇa's loving pastimes.
His Hari-bhakti-vilāsa gives rules and regulations for all divisions of Vaiṣṇavas, especially householders. Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī expressed his obligation to Sanātana Gosvāmī in Vilāpa-kusumāñjali.
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:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja’s brother invited Śrī Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa, a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda, to his home, but a priest named Guṇārṇava Miśra did not receive him well, and Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī’s brother, not recognizing the glories of Lord Nityānanda, also took sides with the priest. Therefore Rāmadāsa became sorry, broke his flute and went away.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”, “grace”
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: “service”
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: “hari-bhakti-vilāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do learning the conclusions and tasting the nectar of devotional service complement each other?
Write down Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta as a reading goal, noting the three subjects the purport says it teaches.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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