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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 Madhya 1.114
তত্ত্ববাদী সহ কৈল তত্ত্বের বিচার ।
আপনাকে হীনবুদ্ধি হৈল তাঁ-সবার ॥ ১১৪ ॥
tattva-vādī saha kaila tattvera vicāra
āpanāke hīna-buddhi haila tāṅ-sabāra
Caitanya Mahāprabhu also had a discussion with the Tattvavādī community, and the Tattvavādīs felt themselves to be inferior Vaiṣṇavas.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Caitanya Mahāprabhu discussed with the Tattvavādī community, whose members then felt themselves to be inferior Vaiṣṇavas.
The Tattvavādī sect belongs to Madhvācārya’s Vaiṣṇava community. Its behavior, however, differs from the strict Madhvācārya Vaiṣṇava principles.
The purport mentions a monastery named Uttararāḍhī. One of its commanders was Raghuvarya Tīrtha Madhvācārya.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “discussion”, “discussed”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the distinction between belonging to a community and following its principles invite you to examine your own conduct?
Identify one principle you seek to follow and check whether one action today agrees with it.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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