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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 7.48
তাঁরে শিখাইলা সব বৈষ্ণবের ধর্ম ।
ভাগবত–আদি শাস্ত্রের যত গূঢ় মর্ম ॥ ৪৮ ॥
tāṅre śikhāilā saba vaiṣṇavera dharma
bhāgavata-ādi śāstrera yata gūḍha marma
On the basis of scriptures like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which reveal these confidential directions, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed Sanātana Gosvāmī regarding all the regular activities of a devotee.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed Sanātana Gosvāmī about a devotee’s regular activities on the basis of scriptures such as Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
In the paramparā system, a bona fide spiritual master’s instructions must be based on revealed Vedic scriptures. A follower cannot manufacture a personal way of behavior.
Groups that do not carefully follow the conclusions of the śāstras are considered outside the sampradāya. To follow the Lord’s disciplic succession strictly, one should avoid association with such communities.
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.
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In this verse: “association”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I seek scriptural grounding for devotional conduct, or rely mainly on my own preferences?
Choose one instruction about devotional conduct you have received and ask what revealed scripture supports it.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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