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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 8.14
যদি বা তার্কিক কহে,—তর্ক সে প্রমাণ ।
তর্কশাস্ত্রে সিদ্ধ যেই, সেই সেব্যমান ॥ ১৪ ॥
yadi vā tārkika kahe, — tarka se pramāṇa
tarka-śāstre siddha yei, sei sevyamāna
Logicians say, “Unless one gains understanding through logic and argument, how can one decide upon a worshipable Deity?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse presents a question raised by logicians.
They seek understanding through logic and argument.
They ask how someone can decide upon a worshipable Deity without first gaining such understanding.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura warns against artificial displays of the bodily symptoms called aṣṭa-sāttvika-vikāra. That is also an offense.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What understanding am I seeking when considering whom to worship?
Write down one sincere question you have about deciding upon a worshipable Deity.
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