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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 5.30
সালোক্য–সামীপ্য–সার্ষ্টি–সারূপ্যপ্রকার ।
চারি মুক্তি দিয়া করে জীবের নিস্তার ॥ ৩০ ॥
sālokya-sāmīpya-sārṣṭi-sārūpya-prakāra
cāri mukti diyā kare jīvera nistāra
He delivers the fallen living entities by offering them the four kinds of liberation — sālokya, sāmīpya, sārṣṭi and sārūpya.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
There are souls liberated by the Lord’s favor and souls liberated by their own effort. The impersonalist who gains liberation by his own effort merges into the Lord’s glaring effulgence, the brahmajyoti.
Devotees qualify themselves for liberation by devotional service. The Lord delivers them by offering four kinds of liberation.
These are sālokya, status equal to the Lord’s; sāmīpya, constant association with Him; sārṣṭi, opulence equal to His; and sārūpya, features like His.
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:
In that abode the Personality of Godhead expands Himself into four plenary portions — Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, Pradyumna (the transcendental Cupid) and Aniruddha. They are known as the original quadruple forms.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: “delivers”, “favor”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What difference do you notice between merging into the Lord’s effulgence and receiving liberation through devotional service?
Make a four-line study list pairing each kind of liberation offered to devotees with its meaning.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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