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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 8.41
নারায়ণী—চৈতন্যের উচ্ছিষ্ট–ভাজন ।
তাঁর গর্ভে জন্মিলা শ্রীদাস–বৃন্দাবন ॥ ৪১ ॥
nārāyaṇī — caitanyera ucchiṣṭa-bhājana
tāṅra garbhe janmilā śrī-dāsa-vṛndāvana
Nārāyaṇī eternally eats the remnants of the food of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura was born of her womb.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nārāyaṇī eternally eats the remnants of the food of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura was born of Nārāyaṇī’s womb.
The purport introduces a statement about Nārāyaṇī from Kavi-karṇapūra’s Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā. This book describes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s associates and who they previously were.
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:
Previous to the composition of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura wrote a book called Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata. Only those subjects which were not discussed by Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura in his Caitanya-bhāgavata have been taken up by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī to be depicted in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.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.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associates”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you appreciate about the connection between Nārāyaṇī, Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura?
Write down the two facts this translation gives about Nārāyaṇī.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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