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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 7.59
সবা নমস্করি’ গেলা পাদ–প্রক্ষালনে ।
পাদ প্রক্ষালন করি বসিলা সেই স্থানে ॥ ৫৯ ॥
sabā namaskari’ gelā pāda-prakṣālane
pāda prakṣālana kari vasilā sei sthāne
As soon as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the sannyāsīs He immediately offered obeisances, and then He went to wash His feet. After washing His feet, He sat down by the place where He had done so.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
By offering obeisances to the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu clearly exhibited His humility. Vaiṣṇavas must not be disrespectful to anyone.
The Lord teaches that one should always respect others without demanding respect for oneself.
The Lord washed His feet and sat beside the washing place. As an ideal ācārya, He teaches devotional conduct that His followers should practice.
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.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”, “washed”
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: “followers”
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: “humility”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When do I find myself expecting respect instead of simply offering it?
Offer someone a respectful greeting today without expecting recognition or praise in return.
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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