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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 6.91
সঙ্কর্ষণ–অবতার কারণাব্ধিশায়ী ।
তাঁহার হৃদয়ে ভক্তভাব অনুযায়ী ॥ ৯১ ॥
saṅkarṣaṇa-avatāra kāraṇābdhi-śāyī
tāṅhāra hṛdaye bhakta-bhāva anuyāyī
The Viṣṇu who lies on the Causal Ocean is an incarnation of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, and, accordingly, the emotion of being a devotee is always present in His heart.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse describes Viṣṇu who lies on the Causal Ocean.
He is an incarnation of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa.
Accordingly, the emotion of being a devotee is always present in His heart.
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 efficient causal activities are caused by Mahā-Viṣṇu, and the material causal activities are caused by another form of Mahā-Viṣṇu, known as Advaita. That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya.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 does this verse invite you to notice about the inner feeling of being a devotee?
Before a devotional act today, pause to attend to the feeling of devotion in your heart.
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