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 5.56
মিশ্র কহে, — ‘মহাপ্রভু পাঠাইলা মোরে ।
তোমার স্থানে কৃষ্ণকথা শুনিবার তরে’ ॥ ৫৬ ॥
miśra kahe, — ‘mahāprabhu pāṭhāilā more
tomāra sthāne kṛṣṇa-kathā śunibāra tare’
Pradyumna Miśra answered, “Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has sent me to hear topics about Lord Kṛṣṇa from you.”
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 explains that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has sent him.
He states plainly that he has come to hear topics about Lord Kṛṣṇa.
He asks to hear these topics from Rāmānanda Rāya, faithfully conveying the instruction he received.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What helps me keep hearing about Lord Kṛṣṇa at the center of my study?
Before today's devotional reading, pause and recall your purpose: to hear about Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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 5.56? Get an answer from the verses themselves.