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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 20.87
চৈতন্যমঙ্গলে ইহা লিখিয়াছে স্থানে-স্থানে ।
সত্য কহেন, — ‘আগে ব্যাস করিব বর্ণনে’ ॥ ৮৭ ॥
caitanya-maṅgale ihā likhiyāche sthāne-sthāne
satya kahena, — ‘āge vyāsa kariba varṇane’
In the Caitanya-maṅgala, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has stated in many places the factual truth that in the future Vyāsadeva will describe the Lord’s pastimes elaborately.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura states in many places in Caitanya-maṅgala that Vyāsadeva will describe the Lord’s pastimes elaborately.
The author presents this future description as factual truth.
The purport connects the statement āge vyāsa kariba varṇane with a similar statement in Caitanya-bhāgavata.
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:
For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.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.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this repeated assurance shape my appreciation of the accounts already given?
Write a brief note identifying what Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura says Vyāsadeva will do.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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