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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 7.157
প্রভু যবে যা’ন বিশ্বেশ্বর–দরশনে ।
লক্ষ লক্ষ লোক আসি’ মিলে সেই স্থানে ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
prabhu yabe yā’na viśveśvara-daraśane
lakṣa lakṣa loka āsi’ mile sei sthāne
When the Lord went to visit the temple of Viśveśvara, hundreds of thousands of people assembled to see Him.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu regularly visited the temple of Viśveśvara, Lord Śiva, at Vārāṇasī. Hundreds of thousands of people assembled to see Him.
Although Vaiṣṇavas generally do not visit a demigod’s temple, a Vaiṣṇava does not behave impudently toward the demigods.
A Vaiṣṇava gives proper respect to all. Yet he never accepts a demigod as equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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: “assembled”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I give proper respect to others while remaining clear about the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
In one conversation today, consciously speak respectfully without belittling another person’s worship.
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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