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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 7.163
এই পঞ্চতত্ত্বরূপে শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য ।
কৃষ্ণ–নাম–প্রেম দিয়া বিশ্ব কৈলা ধন্য ॥ ১৬৩ ॥
ei pañca-tattva-rūpe śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
kṛṣṇa-nāma-prema diyā viśva kailā dhanya
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates of the Pañca-tattva distributed the holy name of the Lord to invoke love of Godhead throughout the universe, and thus the entire universe was thankful.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates of the Pañca-tattva distributed the holy name to awaken love of Godhead throughout the universe. The entire universe was thankful.
Anyone who sincerely serves Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by following His footsteps and the instructions of the ācāryas can successfully preach the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
People throughout the world should be trained to preach and given sannyāsa without discrimination based on nationality. This work depends on the blessings of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates.
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.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributed”
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: “associates”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “holy name”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s universal mission shape your attitude toward people from other backgrounds?
Chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra today, asking for the blessings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates to serve sincerely.
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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