Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 11.53
Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa’s Identity as Saṅkarṣaṇa
“The dancer Gopāla was the seventy-first, Rāmabhadra the seventy-second, Gaurāṅga dāsa the seventy-third, Nṛsiṁha-caitanya the seventy-fourth and Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa the seventy-fifth.”
What the purport teaches
- The dancer Gopāla is listed as the seventy-first, and Rāmabhadra as the seventy-second.
- Gaurāṅga dāsa, Nṛsiṁha-caitanya and Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa are listed as the seventy-third, seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth.
- The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā describes Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa as an incarnation of Saṅkarṣaṇa.
Try this today
Write one sentence noting whom Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa is described as an incarnation of.
Ask yourself
How does the purport deepen your understanding of Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa?
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.