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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 8.38
‘চৈতন্যমঙ্গল’ শুনে যদি পাষণ্ডী, যবন ।
সেহ মহাবৈষ্ণব হয় ততক্ষণ ॥ ৩৮ ॥
‘caitanya-maṅgala’ śune yadi pāṣaṇḍī, yavana
seha mahā-vaiṣṇava haya tatakṣaṇa
If even a great atheist hears Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala, he immediately becomes a great devotee.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Even a great atheist can hear Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala.
The verse states that such a hearer becomes a great devotee.
This transformation through hearing is described as immediate.
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:
All these ācāryas will bestow their causeless mercy upon a devotee and gradually purify his heart. When he is actually purified, automatically he will experience ecstasy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.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.
How does this verse challenge the limits you place on someone’s capacity for devotion?
Set aside a few minutes today to hear a passage from Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala.
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