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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 20.140
মুখ্য-মুখ্য-লীলার অর্থ করিলুঁ কথন ।
‘অনুবাদ’ হৈতে স্মরে গ্রন্থ-বিবরণ ॥ ১৪০ ॥
mukhya-mukhya-līlāra artha kariluṅ kathana
‘anuvāda’ haite smare grantha-vivaraṇa
I have thus repeated the principal pastimes and their meaning, for by such repetition one can remember the descriptions in the book.
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The author has repeated the principal pastimes.
He has also repeated their meaning, keeping the events and their significance together.
Such repetition helps one remember the descriptions in the book.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years. After hinting about the Lord’s disappearance, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta gives a short description of the entire Antya-līlā and then ends his book.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could a little repetition help me remember what I have read?
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