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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 7.6
পঞ্চতত্ত্বাত্মকং কৃষ্ণং ভক্তরূপ–স্বরূপকম্ ।
ভক্তাবতারং ভক্তাখ্যং নমামি ভক্তশক্তিকম্ ॥ ৬ ॥
pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ
bhakta-rūpa-svarūpakam
bhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ
namāmi bhakta-śaktikam
Let me offer my obeisances unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has manifested Himself in five as a devotee, expansion of a devotee, incarnation of a devotee, pure devotee and devotional energy.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa manifests as a devotee, an expansion of a devotee, an incarnation of a devotee, a pure devotee and devotional energy. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is bhakta-rūpa, the form of a devotee, and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is bhakta-svarūpa, the expansion of a devotee. Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is His immediate expansion, with a transcendental body full of ecstasy in devotional service.
Śrī Advaita Prabhu, the incarnation of a devotee, is viṣṇu-tattva. Devotees serve in neutrality, servitude, friendship, parenthood and conjugal love, and the Lord’s energies are varied.
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.
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: “pure devotee”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servitude”, “conjugal”
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: “service”, “serve”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s appearance as a devotee help me appreciate about devotional service?
Offer obeisances to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, remembering His five devotional manifestations described in the translation.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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