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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 7.153
চন্দ্রশেখর, তপন মিশ্র, আর সনাতন ।
শুনি’ দেখি’ আনন্দিত সবাকার মন ॥ ১৫৩ ॥
candraśekhara, tapana miśra, āra sanātana
śuni’ dekhi’ ānandita sabākāra mana
Hearing the arguments of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and seeing His victory, Candraśekhara, Tapana Miśra and Sanātana Gosvāmī were all extremely pleased.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Vārāṇasī alone, not with a big party. The purport presents His conduct as an example of how a sannyāsī should preach.
He made friendships locally with Candraśekhara and Tapana Miśra, and Sanātana Gosvāmī came to see Him. They were extremely pleased to hear His arguments and see His victory.
Although He did not have many friends there, His sound preaching and victory in discussing Vedānta philosophy made Him greatly famous in that part of the country.
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.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “party”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “discussing”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the importance given to sound preaching rather than a large following?
Review one point from this verse until you can explain it clearly in your own words.
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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