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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 8.54
সেবার অধ্যক্ষ—শ্রীপণ্ডিত হরিদাস ।
তাঁর যশঃ–গুণ সর্বজগতে প্রকাশ ॥ ৫৪ ॥
sevāra adhyakṣa — śrī-paṇḍita haridāsa
tāṅra yaśaḥ-guṇa sarva-jagate prakāśa
In that temple the chief servitor was Śrī Haridāsa Paṇḍita. His qualities and fame are known all over the world.
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Śrī Haridāsa Paṇḍita was the chief servitor in that temple. His qualities and fame are known all over the world.
He was a disciple of Śrī Ananta Ācārya.
Śrī Ananta Ācārya was a disciple of Gadādhara Paṇḍita.
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:
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about learning both a servitor’s role and who his teacher was?
Write down the teacher-disciple connection from Gadādhara Paṇḍita to Śrī Ananta Ācārya to Śrī Haridāsa Paṇḍita.
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