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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 7.16
শ্রীবাসাদি যত কোটি কোটি ভক্তগণ ।
‘শুদ্ধভক্ত’–তত্ত্বমধ্যে তাঁ–সবার গণন ॥ ১৬ ॥
śrīvāsādi yata koṭi koṭi bhakta-gaṇa
‘śuddha-bhakta’-tattva-madhye tāṅ-sabāra gaṇana
There are innumerable pure devotees of the Lord, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, who are known as unalloyed devotees.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord has innumerable pure devotees.
These devotees are headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.
They are known as unalloyed devotees, whose devotion is pure.
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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What aspiration does the description of these unalloyed devotees awaken in you?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on pure devotion as your aim, remembering Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and the innumerable devotees.
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