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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 8.60
তাঁহার অনন্ত গুণ কে করু প্রকাশ ।
তাঁর প্রিয় শিষ্য ইঁহ—পণ্ডিত হরিদাস ॥ ৬০ ॥
tāṅhāra ananta guṇa ke karu prakāśa
tāṅra priya śiṣya iṅha — paṇḍita haridāsa
Ananta Ācārya was a reservoir of all good qualities. No one can estimate how great he was. Paṇḍita Haridāsa was his beloved disciple.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Ananta Ācārya was a reservoir of all good qualities. No one could estimate his greatness.
He is an eternal associate of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. During Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s advent, he was Sudevī, one of the eight gopīs.
Ananta Ācārya established the Gaṅgā-mātā Maṭha in Jagannātha Purī. His beloved disciple Paṇḍita Haridāsa was part of its disciplic succession.
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.
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”
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: “associate”
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: “gopīs”
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How does this account help me appreciate the greatness of Ananta Ācārya?
Write down the connection between Ananta Ācārya, Paṇḍita Haridāsa, and the Gaṅgā-mātā Maṭha.
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