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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 7.57
সে বিপ্র জানেন প্রভু না যা’ন কা’র ঘরে ।
তাঁহার প্রেরণায় তাঁরে অত্যাগ্রহ করে ॥ ৫৭ ॥
se vipra jānena prabhu nā yā’na kā’ra ghare
tāṅhāra preraṇāya tāṅre atyāgraha kare
The brāhmaṇa knew that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu never went to anyone else’s house, yet due to inspiration from the Lord he earnestly requested Him to accept this invitation.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The brāhmaṇa knew that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu never went to anyone else’s house.
Nevertheless, he earnestly requested the Lord to accept his invitation.
His earnest request arose through inspiration from the Lord.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about the brāhmaṇa’s earnestness despite knowing the Lord’s usual practice?
Take a quiet moment today to offer one sincere request to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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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