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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 7.17
গদাধর–পণ্ডিতাদি প্রভুর ‘শক্তি’–অবতার ।
‘অন্তরঙ্গ–ভক্ত’ করি’ গণন যাঁহার ॥ ১৭ ॥
gadādhara-paṇḍitādi prabhura ‘śakti’-avatāra
‘antaraṅga-bhakta’ kari’ gaṇana yāṅhāra
The devotees headed by Gadādhara Paṇḍita are to be considered incarnations of the internal potency of the Lord. They are confidential devotees engaged in the service of the Lord.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees headed by Gadādhara Paṇḍita are incarnations of the Lord’s internal potency. They are confidential devotees engaged in His service.
All pure devotees are śakti-tattvas, or potencies of the Lord. They serve in relationships of conjugal love, parental affection, fraternity and servitude.
Devotees in conjugal love are considered the most confidential devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Those serving Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and Lord Advaita Prabhu can also enter this intimate circle by developing great attachment for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servitude”, “fraternity”, “parental”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”, “serve”, “serving”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does learning about the Lord’s confidential devotees deepen my respect for devotional service?
Read the translation once more, pausing to reflect on the words “engaged in the service of the Lord.”
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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