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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 6.3
পঞ্চ শ্লোকে কহিল শ্রীনিত্যানন্দ–তত্ত্ব ।
শ্লোকদ্বয়ে কহি অদ্বৈতাচার্যের মহত্ত্ব ॥ ৩ ॥
pañca śloke kahila śrī-nityānanda-tattva
śloka-dvaye kahi advaitācāryera mahattva
In five verses I have described the principle of Lord Nityānanda. Then in the following two verses I describe the glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.
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The author has described the principle of Lord Nityānanda in five verses.
He now turns to the glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.
He introduces the following two verses as his description of those glories.
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:
The truth of Advaita Ācārya has been described in two verses. It is said that material nature has two features, namely the material cause and the efficient cause.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I ready to give careful attention to Śrī Advaita Ācārya’s glories?
Read the following two translations slowly, noting what each says about Śrī Advaita Ācārya.
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