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 5.4
একদিন প্রদ্যুম্ন-মিশ্র প্রভুর চরণে ।
দণ্ডবৎ করি’ কিছু করে নিবেদনে ॥ ৪ ॥
eka-dina pradyumna-miśra prabhura caraṇe
daṇḍavat kari’ kichu kare nivedane
One day Pradyumna Miśra came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, offering his respects and inquiring from Him with great submission.
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.
Pradyumna Miśra comes to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He offers his respects as he approaches.
He inquires with great submission, joining his questions with a humble attitude.
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:
Pradyumna Miśra, a resident of Śrīhaṭṭa, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear from Him about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes. The Lord, however, sent him to Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humble”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I ask for spiritual guidance, am I ready to listen with submission?
Write one question about what you are studying, phrasing it with respect and a willingness to learn.
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 5.4? Get an answer from the verses themselves.