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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.62

প্রকাশানন্দ–নামে এক সন্ন্যাসী–প্রধান ।

প্রভুকে কহিল কিছু করিয়া সম্মান ॥ ৬২ ॥

prakāśānanda-nāme sarva sannyāsi-pradhāna

prabhuke kahila kichu kariyā sammāna

Translation

The leader of all the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs present was named Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, and after standing up he addressed Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu as follows with great respect.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Respect Is Returned with Respect

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed respect to all the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.

  2. 2

    Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī was the leader of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs present.

  3. 3

    After standing, Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī addressed the Lord with great respect. He thus returned the respect the Lord had shown.

Key points from the purport
  • As Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed respect to all the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, similarly the leader of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, Prakāśānanda, also showed his respects to the Lord.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Back to this verse in Ādi 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prakāśānandaPrakāśānanda
  2. nāmeof the name
  3. sarvaall
  4. sannyāsi-pradhānachief of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs
  5. prabhukeunto the Lord
  6. kahilasaid
  7. kichusomething
  8. kariyāshowing Him
  9. sammānarespect
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I respond more respectfully when someone shows me consideration?

Practice

Return someone’s kindness today with a thoughtful, respectful reply.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayRespect Is Returned with RespectThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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