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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 7.129
সর্বাশ্রয় ঈশ্বরের করি প্রণব উদ্দেশ ।
‘তত্ত্বমসি’–বাক্য হয় বেদের একদেশ ॥ ১২৯ ॥
sarvāśraya īśvarera praṇava uddeśa
‘tat tvam asi’ — vākya haya vedera ekadeśa
“It is the purpose of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to present praṇava [oṁkāra] as the reservoir of all Vedic knowledge. The words ‘tat tvam asi’ are only a partial explanation of the Vedic knowledge.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead intends praṇava, or oṁkāra, to be presented as the reservoir of all Vedic knowledge.
The words tat tvam asi give only a partial explanation of Vedic knowledge.
Tat tvam asi means “you are the same spiritual identity.” This statement should be understood within the distinction between partial and complete Vedic knowledge.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Why is it important not to treat a partial explanation as the whole of Vedic knowledge?
Write one sentence distinguishing the place of oṁkāra from that of tat tvam asi.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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