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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features
Ādi 7.145Ādi 7.147

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.146

সম্বন্ধ, অভিধেয়, প্রয়োজন নাম ।

এই তিন অর্থ সর্বসূত্রে পর্যবসান ॥ ১৪৬ ॥

sambandha, abhidheya, prayojana nāma

ei tina artha sarva-sūtre paryavasāna

Translation

“One’s relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, activities in terms of that relationship, and the ultimate goal of life [to develop love of God] — these three subjects are explained in every aphorism of the Vedānta-sūtra, for they form the culmination of the entire Vedānta philosophy.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Relationship, Service, and Love Complete Vedānta

  1. 1

    Every aphorism of the Vedānta-sūtra explains one's relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    It also explains activities performed in terms of that relationship.

  3. 3

    The ultimate goal is to develop love of God. These three subjects form the culmination of the entire Vedānta philosophy.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Ādi 7.146 quotesSB 5.5.5

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.5.5) it is said:

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Back to this verse in Ādi 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sambandharelationship
  2. abhidheyafunctional duties
  3. prayojanathe goal of life
  4. nāmaname
  5. eithere
  6. tinathree
  7. arthapurport
  8. sarvaall
  9. sūtrein the aphorisms of the Vedānta
  10. paryavasānaculmination
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “relationship”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can my activities reflect my relationship with the Lord and the goal of loving Him?

Practice

Write three short lines: your relationship with the Lord, an activity expressing it, and the goal of developing love of God.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 1 lecture

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayRelationship, Service, and Love Complete VedāntaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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