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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 20.229
বিষ্ণুমূর্তি — গদাপদ্মশঙ্খচক্রকর ।
মধুসূদন — চক্রশঙ্খপদ্মগদাধর ॥ ২২৯ ॥
viṣṇu-mūrti — gadā-padma-śaṅkha-cakra-kara
madhusūdana — cakra-śaṅkha-padma-gadā-dhara
“Lord Viṣṇu holds the club, lotus, conch and disc. Lord Madhusūdana holds the disc, conch, lotus and club.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Viṣṇu holds the club, lotus, conch and disc.
Lord Madhusūdana holds the disc, conch, lotus and club.
Lord Madhusūdana’s listed order is the reverse of Lord Viṣṇu’s listed order.
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.
Does noticing the reversed order help me remember these two arrangements?
Read Lord Viṣṇu’s order, then reverse it and check it against Lord Madhusūdana’s order.
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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