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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 1: The Spiritual Masters
Ādi 1.9Ādi 1.11

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.10

যস্যাংশাংশঃ শ্রীল–গর্ভোদশায়ী

যন্নাভ্যব্জং লোকসংঘাতনালম্‌ ।

লোকস্রষ্টুঃ সূতিকাধামধাতু–

স্তং শ্রীনিত্যানন্দরামং প্রপদ্যে ॥ ১০ ॥

yasyāṁśāṁśaḥ śrīla-garbhoda-śāyī

yan-nābhy-abjaṁ loka-saṅghāta-nālam

loka-sraṣṭuḥ sūtikā-dhāma dhātus

taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye

Translation

I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, a partial part of whom is Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. From the navel of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu sprouts the lotus that is the birthplace of Brahmā, the engineer of the universe. The stem of that lotus is the resting place of the multitude of planets.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Nityānanda Rāma and the Universe’s Foundation

  1. 1

    The author offers full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, of whom Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is a partial part.

  2. 2

    A lotus sprouts from the navel of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. It is the birthplace of Brahmā, the engineer of the universe.

  3. 3

    The stem of that lotus is the resting place of the multitude of planets.

How it feels

Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.

The mood of Ādi 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 1: The Spiritual Masters

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

A direct disciple of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, stands as the direct disciple of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yasyawhose
  2. aṁśa-aṁśaḥportion of a plenary portion
  3. śrīla-garbha-uda-śāyīGarbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu
  4. yatof whom
  5. nābhi-abjamthe navel lotus
  6. loka-saṅghātaof the multitude of planets
  7. nālamhaving a stem that is the resting place
  8. loka-sraṣṭuḥof Lord Brahmā, the creator of the planets
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What inspires reverence in you as you consider the lotus and the planets resting on its stem?

Practice

Read the verse slowly once, then offer obeisances to Śrī Nityānanda Rāma.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

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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