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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 Antya 1.75
সামান্য এক শ্লোক প্রভু পড়েন কীর্তনে ।
কেনে শ্লোক পড়ে — ইহা কেহ নাহি জানে ॥ ৭৫ ॥
sāmānya eka śloka prabhu paḍena kīrtane
kene śloka paḍe — ihā keha nāhi jāne
Generally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited a verse while dancing and chanting before the ratha, but no one knew why He was reciting that particular verse.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu generally recited a particular verse while dancing and chanting before the ratha.
Those observing Him did not generally know why He recited that verse.
The next verse explains that Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī knew the purpose behind His recitation.
Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
The mood of Antya 1 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:
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ratha”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I recognize that hearing the Lord’s words does not automatically mean understanding His intention?
Read this translation slowly and distinguish what people could observe from what they did not understand.
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