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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 7.101
কৃষ্ণে ভক্তি কর—ইহায় সবার সন্তোষ ।
বেদান্ত না শুন কেনে, তার কিবা দোষ ॥ ১০১ ॥
kṛṣṇe bhakti kara — ihāya sabāra santoṣa
vedānta nā śuna kene, tāra kibā doṣa
“Dear Sir, there is no objection to Your being a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Everyone is satisfied with this. But why do You avoid discussion on the Vedānta-sūtra? What is the fault in it?”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Māyāvādī sannyāsīs accept Śaṅkarācārya’s Śārīraka-bhāṣya as the real meaning of the Vedānta-sūtra. They explain Vedic literature in an impersonal way.
Vedānta means the essence of Vedic knowledge and is not limited to this commentary. Vaiṣṇava ācāryas have written other commentaries that do not follow Śaṅkarācārya’s interpretation.
The purport contrasts Vaiṣṇava philosophy with the Māyāvādī view that Kṛṣṇa’s body is material and loving service to Him is māyā. It rejects reducing devotional service to sentimentality, fruitive activity or mental speculation.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.
The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “discussion”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I assuming that one impersonal interpretation represents all of Vedānta?
Write down this distinction: Vedānta is the essence of Vedic knowledge, not only Śaṅkarācārya’s commentary.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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