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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 25.45
চৈতন্য-গোসাঞি যেই কহে, সেই মত সার ।
আর যত মত, সেই সব ছারখার ॥” ৪৫ ॥
caitanya-gosāñi yei kahe, sei mata sāra
āra yata mata, sei saba chārakhāra”
“Whatever meaning Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gives is perfect. Any other interpretation is only a distortion.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker accepts the meaning given by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as perfect.
In this discussion of the Vedānta-sūtra, other interpretations are described as distortions.
The verse expresses firm confidence in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s explanation rather than in an imagined meaning.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
The mood of Madhya 25 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 invited all the sannyāsīs to his house to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this incident has been described in the seventh chapter of the Ādi-līlā. From that day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became famous in the city of Vārāṇasī, and many important men in that city became His followers.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “discussion”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to learn from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rather than impose my own meaning?
Read this translation twice, then summarize its conclusion in one sentence without adding your own interpretation.
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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