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 Madhya 11.3
আর দিন সার্বভৌম কহে প্রভুস্থানে ।
অভয়-দান দেহ’ যদি, করি নিবেদনে ॥ ৩ ॥
āra dina sārvabhauma kahe prabhu-sthāne
abhaya-dāna deha’ yadi, kari nivedane
The next day Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya requested Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to give him permission to submit a statement without fear.
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.
The next day, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya approached Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with a request.
He asked permission to submit a statement.
He wished to speak without fear.
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:
When Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya tried his best to arrange a meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and King Pratāparudra, the Lord flatly denied his request. At this time Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya returned from his governmental post, and he praised King Pratāparudra highly in Lord Caitanya’s presence.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 might asking permission help you approach a sensitive conversation respectfully?
Before raising a sensitive matter today, ask the other person whether you may speak about it.
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 Madhya 11.3? Get an answer from the verses themselves.