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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 20.147
সবার চরণ-কৃপা — ‘গুরু উপাধ্যায়ী’ ।
মোর বাণী — শিষ্যা, তারে বহুত নাচাই ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
sabāra caraṇa-kṛpā — ‘guru upādhyāyī’
mora vāṇī — śiṣyā, tāre bahuta nācāi
The mercy of their lotus feet is my spiritual master, and my words are my disciples, whom I have made dance in various ways.
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The author describes the mercy of their lotus feet as his spiritual master.
He calls his words his disciples and says he has made them dance in various ways.
The purport explains that upādhyāyī, or upādhyāya, means one who teaches when approached.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
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.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might seeing words as disciples change the care you give to your speech?
Before writing one sentence about your reading, pause to remember the mercy that guides the author's words.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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