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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 24.65
‘চ’ ‘অপি’, দুই শব্দ তাতে ‘অব্যয়’ হয় ।
যেই অর্থ লাগাইয়ে, সেই অর্থ হয় ॥ ৬৫ ॥
‘ca’ ‘api’, dui śabda tāte ‘avyaya’ haya
yei artha lāgāiye, sei artha haya
“When the conjunctions ‘ca’ [‘and’] and ‘api’ [‘although’] are added to this verse, the verse can assume whatever meaning one wants to give it.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The conjunction ‘ca’ means ‘and,’ and ‘api’ means ‘although’ here.
When these conjunctions are added, the verse can assume whatever meaning one wants to give it.
The following explanations describe seven meanings of each word, showing their range of use.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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 then concluded that different classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs, karmīs, yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they would give up this process and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
Learn the words of the verse.
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How might a small connecting word change your understanding of a sentence?
Read the translation once more, pausing at ‘ca’ and ‘api’ to notice their role.
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