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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 18.85
প্রভু কহে, — কে তুমি, কাহাঁ তোমার ঘর ?
কৃষ্ণদাস কহে, — মুঞি গৃহস্থ পামর ॥ ৮৫ ॥
prabhu kahe, — ke tumi, kāhāṅ tomāra ghara?
kṛṣṇadāsa kahe, — mui gṛhastha pāmara
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Kṛṣṇadāsa, “Who are you? Where is your home?”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Kṛṣṇadāsa who he was.
The Lord also asked where his home was.
Kṛṣṇadāsa replied by describing himself as a most fallen householder.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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 some respectable people came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they expressed their opinion that when one takes sannyāsa, he becomes Nārāyaṇa. Their mistake was corrected by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “fallen”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the humility of Kṛṣṇadāsa’s reply?
In one conversation today, speak about yourself simply, without boasting.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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