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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.53
আসি’ নিবেদন করে চরণে ধরিয়া ।
এক বস্তু মাগোঁ, দেহ প্রসন্ন হইয়া ॥ ৫৩ ॥
āsi’ nivedana kare caraṇe dhariyā
eka vastu māgoṅ, deha prasanna ha-iyā
The brāhmaṇa immediately fell at the lotus feet of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and requested Him to accept his proposal in a joyful mood.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
One must approach a superior spiritual authority with humbleness, not with a challenging attitude.
With great submission, one can present a proposal for acceptance by the spiritual master or spiritual authorities.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches by His personal behavior. Purified by His association, the brāhmaṇa humbly fell at His lotus feet before making his request.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 7.53 quotesBG 4.34
The Vedic injunctions state, tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā: one must approach a superior authority in humbleness.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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.
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”
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: “association”
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: “humbleness”
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 I make a request to a spiritual authority with greater humility?
Before asking for spiritual guidance today, pause and prepare your question in a humble, respectful way.
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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