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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 5.78
মহানুভবের এই সহজ ‘স্বভাব’ হয় ।
আপনার গুণ নাহি আপনে কহয় ।।” ৭৮ ।। ॥ ৭৮ ॥
mahānubhavera ei sahaja ‘svabhāva’ haya
āpanāra guṇa nāhi āpane kahaya”
“This is a natural characteristic of those advanced in devotional service. They do not personally speak of their own good qualities.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Those advanced in devotional service do not personally speak of their own good qualities.
This humility is described as a natural characteristic of their devotion.
Rāmānanda Rāya’s giving credit to another illustrates this quality in the preceding verse.
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:
The Lord, however, elaborately described the character of Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya. Then Pradyumna Miśra went to see Rāmānanda Rāya again to hear about the transcendental truth from him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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: “humility”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How often do I feel the need to draw attention to my own good qualities?
In one conversation today, refrain from mentioning an achievement merely to gain praise.
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