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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features
Ādi 7.22Ādi 7.24

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.23

পাত্রাপাত্র–বিচার নাহি, নাহি স্থানাস্থান ।

যেই যাঁহা পায়, তাঁহা করে প্রেমদান ॥ ২৩ ॥

pātrāpātra-vicāra nāhi, nāhi sthānāsthāna

yei yāṅhā pāya, tāṅhā kare prema-dāna

Translation

In distributing love of Godhead, Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates did not consider who was a fit candidate and who was not, nor where such distribution should or should not take place. They made no conditions. Wherever they got the opportunity, the members of the Pañca-tattva distributed love of Godhead.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Distribute love of God without discrimination

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates placed no conditions on distributing love of Godhead. They shared it wherever they had an opportunity.

  2. 2

    One should not judge recipients by whether they are Europeans, Americans, Hindus or Muslims. Those who become Vaiṣṇavas should be honored beyond distinctions of nationality or social identity.

  3. 3

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu desired His name to spread to every town and village. Following the Pañca-tattva means spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness wherever possible.

Key points from the purport
  • There are some rascals who dare to speak against the mission of Lord Caitanya by criticizing the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement for accepting Europeans and Americans as brāhmaṇas and offering them sannyāsa.
  • But here is an authoritative statement that in distributing love of Godhead one should not consider whether the recipients are Europeans, Americans, Hindus, Muslims, etc. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement should be spread wherever possible, and one should accept those who thus become Vaiṣṇavas as being greater than brāhmaṇas, Hindus or Indians.
  • Therefore, when the cult of Caitanya Mahāprabhu is spread all over the world, should those who embrace it not be accepted as Vaiṣṇavas, brāhmaṇas and sannyāsīs?

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Back to this verse in Ādi 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pātrarecipient
  2. apātranot a recipient
  3. vicāraconsideration
  4. nāhithere is none
  5. nāhithere is none
  6. sthānafavorable place
  7. asthānaunfavorable place
  8. yeianyone
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Key ideas in this 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: “distributing”

  • 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”

  • 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 of godhead”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I let someone’s background influence whether I think they can receive love of God?

Practice

Share one teaching from this passage with someone today without judging their suitability by their background.

Live this todayDistribute love of God without discriminationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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