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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 6.25
‘অংশ’ না কহিয়া, কেনে কহ তাঁরে ‘অঙ্গ’ ।
‘অংশ’ হৈতে ‘অঙ্গ’, যাতে হয় অন্তরঙ্গ ॥ ২৫ ॥
‘aṁśa’ nā kahiyā, kene kaha tāṅre ‘aṅga’
‘aṁśa’ haite ‘aṅga,’ yāte haya antaraṅga
Why has Śrī Advaita been called a limb and not a part? The reason is that “limb” implies greater intimacy.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Advaita is called a limb rather than a part.
The choice of the word “limb” has a particular meaning.
“Limb” implies greater intimacy than “part.”
Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.
The mood of Ādi 6 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:
It is said that material nature has two features, namely the material cause and the efficient cause. The efficient causal activities are caused by Mahā-Viṣṇu, and the material causal activities are caused by another form of Mahā-Viṣṇu, known as Advaita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
Learn the words of the verse.
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How does the word “limb” deepen my understanding of Śrī Advaita’s intimacy with the Lord?
Read the translation once more, giving special attention to the words “greater intimacy.”
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