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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 7.152
ভিক্ষা করি’ মহাপ্রভু আইলা বাসাঘর ।
হেন চিত্র–লীলা করে গৌরাঙ্গ–সুন্দর ॥ ১৫২ ॥
bhikṣā kari’ mahāprabhu āilā vāsāghara
hena citra-līlā kare gaurāṅga-sundara
After taking lunch among the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is known as Gaurasundara, returned to His residence. Thus the Lord performs His wonderful pastimes.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took lunch among the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.
The Lord, who is known as Gaurasundara, then returned to His residence.
The translation describes these activities as the Lord’s wonderful pastimes.
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 do I find wonderful about the Lord’s sharing this meal and returning to His residence?
Read the translation slowly once, remembering the Lord by His name Gaurasundara.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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