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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.5
জয় জয় শ্রীবাসাদি যত ভক্তগণ ।
শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য প্রভু — যাঁর প্রাণধন ॥ ৫ ॥
jaya jaya śrīvāsādi yata bhakta-gaṇa
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu — yāṅra prāṇa-dhana
All glories to all the devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura! Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is their life and soul.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author offers all glories to all the devotees.
Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura is named as the foremost among these devotees.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is their life and soul.
Discomfort and vigilance. Fault-finding disrupts devotional life, exposing the emotional cost of criticism.
The mood of Antya 8 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 following summary of the eighth chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. This chapter describes the history of the Lord’s dealings with Rāmacandra Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean to regard Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu as my life and soul?
Spend one minute reflecting on the devotees’ devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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