Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 10.114
Devotee branches and care for temple worship
“The seventy-eighth branch of the original tree was Jagannātha Tīrtha, the seventy-ninth was the brāhmaṇa Śrī Jānakīnātha, the eightieth was Gopāla Ācārya, and the eighty-first was the brāhmaṇa Vāṇīnātha.”
What the purport teaches
- Jagannātha Tīrtha was one of the nine principal sannyāsīs who were Lord Caitanya’s associates.
- Vāṇīnātha Vipra lived in Cāṅpāhāṭi. The neglected temple there was renovated by Śrī Paramānanda Brahmacārī, who reorganized its sevā-pūjā, or temple worship.
- The temple was placed under the management of the Śrī Caitanya Maṭha of Śrī Māyāpur. The Deity of Śrī Gaura-Gadādhara is worshiped there according to the principles of the revealed scriptures.
Try this today
Write down the two aspects of restoration mentioned here: renovating the temple and reorganizing its worship.
Ask yourself
What stands out to you about the care taken to restore the temple and its worship?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.