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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 6.31
কমল–নয়নের তেঁহো, যাতে ‘অঙ্গ’, ‘অংশ’ ।
‘কমলাক্ষ’ করি ধরে নাম অবতংস ॥ ৩১ ॥
kamala-nayanera teṅho, yāte ‘aṅga’ ‘aṁśa’
‘kamalākṣa’ kari dhare nāma avataṁsa
Since He is a limb or part of the lotus-eyed Supreme Lord, He also bears the name Kamalākṣa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Supreme Lord is described as lotus-eyed.
He is a limb or part of that Supreme Lord.
Because of this relationship, He also bears the name Kamalākṣa.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the name Kamalākṣa help you remember about His relationship with the Supreme Lord?
Say the name Kamalākṣa slowly and recall the reason given for it in the translation.
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