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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 9.29
মাগে বা না মাগে কেহ, পাত্র বা অপাত্র ।
ইহার বিচার নাহি জানে, দেয় মাত্র ॥ ২৯ ॥
māge vā nā māge keha, pātra vā apātra
ihāra vicāra nāhi jāne, deya mātra
Not considering who asked for it and who did not, nor who was fit and who unfit to receive it, Caitanya Mahāprabhu distributed the fruit of devotional service.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Caitanya Mahāprabhu distributed the fruit of devotional service whether people asked for it or not.
His saṅkīrtana movement makes no distinction between those considered fit or unfit to hear or take part.
Preachers should continue sharing the saṅkīrtana movement without discrimination or restriction. This is how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu introduced it to the world.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Overflowing generosity. The gardener distributes the fruits of love without restriction.
The mood of Ādi 9 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:
It is figuratively described that both the tree itself and the trunk of the tree are Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Paramānanda Purī and eight other great sannyāsīs are like the spreading roots of the tree.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 9
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributed”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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: “saṅkīrtana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I sometimes judge who is fit to hear or take part in saṅkīrtana?
Offer someone a warm invitation to hear or join saṅkīrtana today, without judging their qualifications.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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