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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 7.75
এত বলি’ এক শ্লোক শিখাইল মোরে ।
কণ্ঠে করি’ এই শ্লোক করিহ বিচারে ॥ ৭৫ ॥
eta bali’ eka śloka śikhāila more
kaṇṭhe kari’ ei śloka kariha vicāre
“After describing the potency of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, My spiritual master taught Me another verse, advising Me to always keep it within My throat.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's spiritual master described the potency of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
After this explanation, His spiritual master taught Him another verse.
His spiritual master advised Him to always keep that verse within His throat.
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.
How can I keep a spiritual instruction ready to recite rather than merely read it once?
Read this translation aloud and reflect on the instruction to keep the teaching within one's throat.
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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