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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 7.171
শ্রীরূপ–রঘুনাথ–পদে যার আশ ।
চৈতন্যচরিতামৃত কহে কৃষ্ণদাস ॥ ১৭১ ॥
śrī-rūpa-raghunātha-pade yāra āśa
caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe kṛṣṇadāsa
Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇadāsa prays at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy. He narrates Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta by following in their footsteps.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted the saṅkīrtana movement of love of Kṛṣṇa preached throughout the world. He sent Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana, sent Nityānanda to Bengal, and personally went to South India.
He left the task of preaching in the rest of the world to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Its members are assured His profound blessings and worldwide success if they follow the regulative principles and preach sincerely according to the instructions of the ācāryas.
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.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”, “blessings”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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: “saṅkīrtana”
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 you place more importance on following the ācāryas’ instructions when sharing love of Kṛṣṇa?
Before studying today, offer a short prayer for the mercy of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha and the ability to follow in their footsteps.
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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