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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 16.29
আমি — নীচজাতি, আমার নাহি কৃষ্ণ ভক্তি ।
অন্য ঐছে হয়, আমায় নাহি ঐছে শক্তি ।।” ২৯ ।। ॥ ২৯ ॥
āmi — nīca-jāti, āmāra nāhi kṛṣṇa-bhakti
anya aiche haya, āmāya nāhi aiche śakti”
“Such a position may befit others, but I do not possess such spiritual power. I belong to a lower class and have not even a pinch of devotion to Kṛṣṇa.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Jhaḍu Ṭhākura accepts that a person of low birth is highly exalted if he is a Vaiṣṇava. Yet he feels that this description fits others, not himself.
A real Vaiṣṇava never considers himself exalted, even when he factually is. He remains meek and humble rather than thinking himself advanced.
Assigning oneself a lower position does not mean one is actually low. Jhaḍu Ṭhākura was elevated above many people born in brāhmaṇa families.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Sweetness amidst longing. Jagannātha’s prasādam awakens intense awareness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
The mood of Antya 16 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:
When the Bengali devotees of the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī, a gentleman named Kālidāsa, who was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, went with them to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kālidāsa had tasted the remnants of food of all the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal, even Jhaḍu Ṭhākura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humble”, “meek”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I appreciate others’ devotion without seeking recognition for my own?
Acknowledge one devotee’s good quality today without mentioning your own accomplishments.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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