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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 5.233
আপনার কথা লিখি নির্লজ্জ হইয়া ।
নিত্যানন্দগুণে লেখায় উন্মত্ত করিয়া ॥ ২৩৩ ॥
āpanāra kathā likhi nirlajja ha-iyā
nityānanda-guṇe lekhāya unmatta kariyā
I have described my own story without reservations. The attributes of Lord Nityānanda, making me like a madman, force me to write these things.
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The author describes his own story without reservations.
Lord Nityānanda’s attributes overwhelm him, making him like a madman.
He says that these attributes force him to write his account.
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:
In this chapter the author has described the history of his leaving home for a personal pilgrimage to Vṛndāvana and his achieving all success there. In this description it is revealed that the author’s original paternal home and birthplace were in the district of Katwa, in the village of Jhāmaṭapura, which is near Naihāṭī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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What moves me when I reflect on Lord Nityānanda’s attributes?
Write one sentence about how this description of Lord Nityānanda’s attributes affects you.
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