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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.191
নিরন্তর কর চারি বেদ অধ্যয়ন ।
দ্বিজ-ন্যাসী হৈতে তুমি পরম-পাবন ॥ ১৯১ ॥
nirantara kara cāri veda adhyayana
dvija-nyāsī haite tumi parama-pāvana
“You are constantly studying the four Vedas, and you are far better than any brāhmaṇa or sannyāsī.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord’s praise includes the statement, “You are constantly studying the four Vedas.”
He declares the person He addresses to be far better than any brāhmaṇa.
His praise also places that person above any sannyāsī.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
After this, the Lord began performing saṅkīrtana, dividing all the devotees into four groups. After saṅkīrtana, all the devotees left for their residential quarters.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this praise invite me to look beyond religious standing alone?
Read this statement twice today, noticing the strength of the words “constantly” and “far better.”
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