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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.32
স্বতন্ত্র ঈশ্বর প্রভু অত্যন্ত উদার ।
তাঁরে না ভজিলে কভু না হয় নিস্তার ॥ ৩২ ॥
svatantra īśvara prabhu atyanta udāra
tāṅre nā bhajile kabhu nā haya nistāra
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead, is greatly magnanimous. Unless one worships Him, one can never be liberated.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead and is greatly magnanimous. The translation states that without worshiping Him, one cannot be liberated.
One should not give up worship of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa to worship Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Worshiping either alone does not bring advancement.
One should not try to supersede the instructions of the six Gosvāmīs. They are ācāryas and very dear to Lord Caitanya.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “magnanimous”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhā-kṛṣṇa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I honor both Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa while respecting the ācāryas’ instructions?
Offer worship today to both Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, without neglecting either.
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