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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 20.225
প্ৰদ্যুম্ন — চক্রশঙ্খগদাপদ্মধর ।
অনিরুদ্ধ — চক্রগদাশঙ্খপদ্মকর ॥ ২২৫ ॥
pradyumna — cakra-śaṅkha-gadā-padma-dhara
aniruddha — cakra-gadā-śaṅkha-padma-kara
“Pradyumna holds the disc, conch, club and lotus. Aniruddha holds the disc, club, conch and lotus.
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Pradyumna holds the disc, conch, club and lotus.
Aniruddha holds the disc, club, conch and lotus.
Both orders begin with the disc and end with the lotus. The conch and club exchange positions.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
Caitanya Mahāprabhu called him in and ordered him to change his dress so that he would look like a gentleman. For his garment, he used an old cloth of Tapana Miśra’s.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What helps me remember the difference between these two orders?
Say each name followed by its weapon order, then check your recall against the translation.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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