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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 7.38
সবা নিস্তারিতে প্রভু কৃপা–অবতার ।
সবা নিস্তারিতে করে চাতুরী অপার ॥ ৩৮ ॥
sabā nistārite prabhu kṛpā-avatāra
sabā nistārite kare cāturī apāra
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in order to deliver all the fallen souls. Therefore He devised many methods to liberate them from the clutches of māyā.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared to deliver all fallen souls. He devised many methods to free them from the clutches of māyā.
An ācārya shows mercy while considering deśa-kāla-pātra—the place, time and object. The purport describes men and women preaching together with careful instruction and strict standards of conduct.
A preacher must strictly follow the rules of the śāstras while finding effective ways to reach people. Adaptation serves the work of delivering everyone, not the abandonment of principles.
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: “deliver”, “mercy”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I consider another person's circumstances while remaining faithful to spiritual principles?
Share one teaching of Kṛṣṇa consciousness in words suited to the person you are addressing, without changing its meaning.
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