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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.2
জয় জয় শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য গৌরচন্দ্র ।
জয় জয় পরমানন্দ জয় নিত্যানন্দ ॥ ২ ॥
jaya jaya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya gauracandra
jaya jaya paramānanda jaya nityānanda
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is known as Gaurasundara. I also offer my respectful obeisances unto Nityānanda Prabhu, who is always very joyful.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author offers respectful obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is also known as Gaurasundara.
The author also offers respectful obeisances to Nityānanda Prabhu, who is always very joyful.
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 chapter the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda are described, and it is also stated that one who commits offenses in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra does not achieve love of Godhead, even after chanting for many years. In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura warns against artificial displays of the bodily symptoms called aṣṭa-sāttvika-vikāra.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 stands out to you about Nityānanda Prabhu being always joyful?
Offer a brief prayer of respect to Gaurasundara and Nityānanda Prabhu today.
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