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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 5.225
সাক্ষাৎ ব্রজেন্দ্রসুত ইথে নাহি আন ।
যেবা অজ্ঞে করে তাঁরে প্রতিমা–হেন জ্ঞান ॥ ২২৫ ॥
sākṣāt vrajendra-suta ithe nāhi āna
yebā ajñe kare tāṅre pratimā-hena jñāna
Without a doubt He is directly the son of the King of Vraja. Only a fool considers Him a statue.
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He is directly the son of the King of Vraja.
The verse states this identity without any doubt.
Considering Him merely a statue is described as foolish.
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 Rāmadāsa became sorry, broke his flute and went away. This was a great disaster for the brother of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.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.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vraja”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse ask you to change the way you regard His form?
Read the translation slowly once today, giving special attention to the words “directly the son of the King of Vraja.”
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