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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 20.387
জ্যোতিশ্চক্রে সূর্য যেন ফিরে রাত্রি-দিনে ।
সপ্তদ্বীপাম্বুধি লঙ্ঘি’ ফিরে ক্রমে ক্রমে ॥ ৩৮৭ ॥
jyotiścakre sūrya yena phire rātri-dine
sapta-dvīpāmbudhi laṅghi’ phire krame krame
“The sun moves across the zodiac day and night and crosses the oceans between the seven islands one after the other.
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The sun moves across the zodiac.
Its movement continues both day and night.
It crosses the oceans between the seven islands one after the other.
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:
He explained how Kṛṣṇa attained His permanent form when He reached youth. In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained and described everything to Sanātana Gosvāmī.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 does the phrase “one after the other” help you notice about the movement described?
Reread the translation and underline the words describing continuing movement and sequence.
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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