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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 5.150
সংসারতারণ-হেতু যেই ইচ্ছা-শক্তি ।
তাহার মিলন করি’ একতা যৈছে প্রাপ্তি ॥ ১৫০ ॥
saṁsāra-tāraṇa-hetu yei icchā-śakti
tāhāra milana kari’ ekatā yaiche prāpti
“The supreme desire to deliver the entire world meets in the two of Them, and for that reason also They are one and the same.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu share the supreme desire to deliver the entire world.
Their desire to deliver everyone is another reason They are described as one and the same.
The scope of Their desire is the whole world, not merely one country or group of people.
Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.
The mood of Antya 5 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:
Although Svarūpa Dāmodara condemned the entire drama, by reference to secondary meanings of the introductory verse he nevertheless satisfied the brāhmaṇa. That brāhmaṇa poet thus became greatly obliged to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, renounced his family connections and stayed at Jagannātha Purī with the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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In this verse: “deliver”
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How does Their desire to deliver the entire world broaden your concern for others?
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