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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 8.20
হেন প্রেম শ্রীচৈতন্য দিলা যথা তথা ।
জগাই মাধাই পর্যন্ত—অন্যের কা কথা ॥ ২০ ॥
hena prema śrī-caitanya dilā yathā tathā
jagāi mādhāi paryanta — anyera kā kathā
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has freely given this love of Kṛṣṇa everywhere and anywhere, even to the most fallen, such as Jagāi and Mādhāi. What then to speak of those who are already pious and elevated?
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu freely gives love of Kṛṣṇa everywhere, even to the most fallen, such as Jagāi and Mādhāi.
Philanthropic and humanitarian workers offer some relief to human society as far as the body is concerned.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu offers the best facilities for returning home, back to Godhead, with love of Godhead. A sober comparison gives the greatest credit to His gift.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”, “love of godhead”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “freely”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I value the gift of love of Godhead alongside relief for the body?
Write one sentence expressing gratitude for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s freely given love of Kṛṣṇa.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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