Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 10.72
Learned students became early saṅkīrtana companions
“The thirty-third and thirty-fourth branches were the two students of Caitanya Mahāprabhu named Puruṣottama and Sañjaya, who were stalwart students in grammar. They were very great personalities.”
What the purport teaches
- Puruṣottama and Sañjaya were stalwart students in grammar under Caitanya Mahāprabhu. They were very great personalities.
- They lived in Navadvīpa and were the Lord’s first companions in the saṅkīrtana movement.
- The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta clarifies that Puruṣottama and Sañjaya were two people, not one.
Try this today
Spend a few minutes chanting the holy name with someone today.
Ask yourself
How might your study support your participation in saṅkīrtana?
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.