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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 7.69
বেদান্ত–পঠন, ধ্যান,—সন্ন্যাসীর ধর্ম ।
তাহা ছাড়ি’ কর কেনে ভাবুকের কর্ম ॥ ৬৯ ॥
vedānta-paṭhana, dhyāna, — sannyāsīra dharma
tāhā chāḍi’ kara kene bhāvukera karma
“Meditation and the study of Vedānta are the sole duties of a sannyāsī. Why do You abandon these to dance with fanatics?
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Māyāvādī sannyāsīs do not approve of chanting and dancing.
Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī misunderstood Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be a misled young sannyāsī.
He questioned why Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu associated with those he called fanatics instead of studying Vedānta and meditating.
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: “associated”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I sometimes dismiss devotional activities because they differ from my expectations?
Reread the question in the translation and identify the misunderstanding behind it.
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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