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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 7.126
নানা রত্নরাশি হয় চিন্তামণি হৈতে ।
তথাপিহ মণি রহে স্বরূপে অবিকৃতে ॥ ১২৬ ॥
nānā ratna-rāśi haya cintāmaṇi haite
tathāpiha maṇi rahe svarūpe avikṛte
“Although a touchstone produces many varieties of valuable jewels, it nevertheless remains the same. It does not change its original form.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A touchstone produces valuable jewels.
It produces many varieties of these jewels, yet remains the same.
Producing these varieties does not change the touchstone’s original form.
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 does this example show about producing variety without changing one’s original form?
Write two short phrases side by side: “Many varieties of jewels” and “The touchstone’s original form remains unchanged.”
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