1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.30
সেই অনুপম-ভাই শিশুকাল হৈতে ।
রঘুনাথ-উপাসনা করে দৃঢ়চিত্তে ॥ ৩০ ॥
sei anupama-bhāi śiśu-kāla haite
raghunātha-upāsanā kare dṛḍha-citte
“From the very beginning of his childhood, my younger brother Anupama was a great devotee of Raghunātha [Lord Rāmacandra], and he worshiped Him with great determination.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī described his younger brother Anupama as a great devotee.
Anupama’s devotion to Raghunātha, Lord Rāmacandra, began in early childhood.
He worshiped the Lord with great determination. His devotion was both longstanding and firm.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
The mood of Antya 4 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 Lord informed Sanātana Gosvāmī about the death of his younger brother Anupama, who had great faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Your decision to commit suicide is the result of the mode of ignorance.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would greater determination look like in my daily worship?
Set aside a few minutes today for worship, and keep that commitment.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Antya 4.30? Get an answer from the verses themselves.