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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 7.12
ইথে ভক্তভাব ধরে চৈতন্য গোসাঞি ।
‘ভক্তস্বরূপ’ তাঁর নিত্যানন্দ–ভাই ॥ ১২ ॥
ithe bhakta-bhāva dhare caitanya gosāñi
‘bhakta-svarūpa’ tāṅra nityānanda-bhāi
For this reason Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the supreme teacher, accepts the form of a devotee and accepts Lord Nityānanda as His elder brother.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the supreme teacher.
He accepts the form of a devotee.
He accepts Lord Nityānanda as His elder brother.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the supreme teacher accepting the form of a devotee?
Write down the three descriptions given here: supreme teacher, devotee, and one who accepts Lord Nityānanda as His elder brother.
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