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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 9.39
অতএব সব ফল দেহ’ যারে তারে ।
খাইয়া হউক্ লোক অজর অমরে ॥ ৩৯ ॥
ataeva saba phala deha’ yāre tāre
khāiyā ha-uk loka ajara amare
“Distribute this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement all over the world. Let people eat these fruits and ultimately become free from old age and death.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Birth, death, old age and disease are the real distresses of life. The Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra is the transcendental remedy for these miseries.
Servants of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu must seriously distribute the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement throughout the world for the greatest benefit of human society.
Loud chanting benefits all living entities, including trees and animals, even though they cannot understand the movement.
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:
The tree surrounds the entire world, and the fruits of the tree are to be distributed to everyone. In this way the tree of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu intoxicates the entire world.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”
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: “chanting”
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: “servants”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that chanting benefits other living beings deepen my sense of responsibility?
Spend a few minutes today chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra aloud.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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