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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 10.6
অনুরাগের লক্ষণ এই, — ‘বিধি’ নাহি মানে ।
তাঁর আজ্ঞা ভাঙ্গে তাঁর সঙ্গের কারণে ॥ ৬ ॥
anurāgera lakṣaṇa ei, — ‘vidhi’ nāhi māne
tāṅra ājñā bhāṅge tāṅra saṅgera kāraṇe
Indeed, it is a symptom of real affection that one breaks the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not caring for the regulative principles, to associate with Him.
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The verse describes a symptom of real affection for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
In such affection, one may break His order, not caring for the regulative principles, to associate with Him.
The preceding verse illustrates this in Lord Nityānanda’s journey to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu because of ecstatic love.
Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.
The mood of Antya 10 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 following summary of chapter ten is given by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Before the Ratha-yātrā ceremony, all the devotees from Bengal started for Jagannātha Purī as usual.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the desire for the Lord’s association help me understand the affection described here?
Read this verse alongside the preceding one, noting the loving motive behind Lord Nityānanda’s action.
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