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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 9.35
একলা উঠাঞা দিতে হয় পরিশ্রম ।
কেহ পায়, কেহ না পায়, রহে মনে ভ্রম ॥ ৩৫ ॥
ekalā uṭhāñā dite haya pariśrama
keha pāya, keha nā pāya, rahe mane bhrama
“It would certainly be a very laborious task to pick the fruits and distribute them alone, and still I suspect that some would receive them and others would not.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Picking the fruits and distributing them alone would be a very laborious task.
Even with that effort, some people might receive the fruits while others might not.
The concern is not only the work of distribution, but also whether everyone receives the fruits.
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:
Paramānanda Purī and eight other great sannyāsīs are like the spreading roots of the tree. From the main trunk there extend two special branches, Advaita Prabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, and from those branches grow other branches and twigs.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 9
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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: “distribute”, “distributing”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When sharing with others, how can I notice those who might be left out?
In one act of sharing today, include someone you might otherwise overlook.
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