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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 8.42
তাঁর কি অদ্ভুত চৈতন্যচরিত–বৰ্ণন ।
যাহার শ্রবণে শুদ্ধ কৈল ত্রিভুবন ॥ ৪২ ॥
tāṅra ki adbhuta caitanya-carita-varṇana
yāhāra śravaṇe śuddha kaila tri-bhuvana
What a wonderful description he has given of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya! Anyone in the three worlds who hears it is purified.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The description of Lord Caitanya’s pastimes is praised as wonderful.
Anyone who hears this description is purified.
This purifying benefit extends to anyone in the three worlds.
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:
When he is actually purified, automatically he will experience ecstasy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Previous to the composition of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura wrote a book called Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might this promise of purification encourage you to hear Lord Caitanya’s pastimes?
Read aloud a short description of Lord Caitanya’s pastimes and listen attentively.
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