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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 1.27Ādi 1.29

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.28

আর দুই শ্লোকে অদ্বৈত–তত্ত্বাখ্যান ।

আর এক শ্লোকে পঞ্চতত্ত্বের ব্যাখ্যান ॥ ২৮ ॥

āra dui śloke advaita-tattvākhyāna

āra eka śloke pañca-tattvera vyākhyāna

Translation

The next two verses describe the truth of Advaita Prabhu, and the following verse describes the Pañca-tattva [the Lord, His plenary portion, His incarnation, His energies and His devotees].

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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.

Advaita Prabhu and the Pañca-tattva

  1. 1

    The author describes the truth of Advaita Prabhu.

  2. 2

    After that, he describes the Pañca-tattva.

  3. 3

    The Pañca-tattva comprises the Lord, His plenary portion, His incarnation, His energies and His devotees.

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:

The first of the fourteen verses is a symbolic representation of the Supreme Truth, and the entire first chapter is in actuality devoted to this single verse, which describes Lord Caitanya in His six different transcendental expansions. The first manifestation described is the spiritual master, who appears in two plenary parts called the initiating spiritual master and instructing spiritual master.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ārafurther
  2. dui ślokein two verses
  3. advaitaof Śrī Advaita Prabhu
  4. tattvaof the truth
  5. ākhyānadescription
  6. ārafurther
  7. eka ślokein one verse
  8. pañca-tattveraof the Pañca-tattva
  9. vyākhyānaexplanation
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I recall the five aspects included in the Pañca-tattva?

Practice

Read aloud the five aspects of the Pañca-tattva listed in the translation.

Live this todayAdvaita Prabhu and the Pañca-tattvaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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