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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 6.87
এত বলি’ নাচে, গায়, হুঙ্কার গম্ভীর ।
ক্ষণেকে বসিলা আচার্য হৈঞা সুস্থির ॥ ৮৭ ॥
eta bali’ nāce, gāya, huṅkāra gambhīra
kṣaṇeke vasilā ācārya haiñā susthira
Saying this, Advaita Prabhu dances and loudly sings. Then at the next moment He quietly sits down.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After speaking, Advaita Prabhu dances.
He sings loudly as He dances.
At the next moment, He quietly sits down.
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:
That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya. When He is addressed as the servitor of Lord Caitanya, His glories are magnified because unless one is invigorated by this mentality of servitorship one cannot understand the mellows derived from devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.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.
What do you notice about Advaita Prabhu’s movement from loud singing to quiet sitting?
Spend a brief moment singing, then sit quietly.
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