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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 7.41
সন্ন্যাসী হইয়া করে গায়ন, নাচন ।
না করে বেদান্ত–পাঠ, করে সংকীর্তন ॥ ৪১ ॥
sannyāsī ha-iyā kare gāyana, nācana
nā kare vedānta-pāṭha, kare saṅkīrtana
The blasphemers said, “Although a sannyāsī, He does not take interest in the study of Vedānta but instead always engages in chanting and dancing in saṅkīrtana.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The critics accused Lord Caitanya of neglecting Vedānta because He chanted and danced in saṅkīrtana.
The purport rejects similar accusations against the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Students regularly study its translated books in the morning, afternoon and evening.
Writing, printing, studying and distributing books are all part of the movement's work. Its commitment to chanting does not mean a lack of interest in study.
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.
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”, “chanting”, “chanted”
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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does my daily practice make room for both chanting and thoughtful study?
Set aside a few minutes today for chanting and a few minutes for studying a devotional book.
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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