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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 20.228
শ্ৰীমাধব — গদাচক্রশঙ্খপদ্মকর ।
শ্রীগোবিন্দ — চক্রগদাপদ্মশঙ্খধর ॥ ২২৮ ॥
śrī-mādhava — gadā-cakra-śaṅkha-padma-kara
śrī-govinda — cakra-gadā-padma-śaṅkha-dhara
“Lord Mādhava holds the club, disc, conch and lotus. Lord Govinda holds the disc, club, lotus and conch.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Mādhava holds the club, disc, conch and lotus.
Lord Govinda holds the disc, club, lotus and conch.
The club and disc exchange positions in these two orders, as do the conch and lotus.
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.
Which differences help me distinguish Lord Mādhava’s order from Lord Govinda’s?
Write the two orders side by side and underline the first item in each.
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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