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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.7

সঙ্কর্ষণঃ কারণতোয়শায়ী

গর্ভোদশায়ী চ পয়োব্ধিশায়ী ।

শেষশ্চ যস্যাংশকলাঃ স নিত্যা–

নন্দাখ্যরামঃ শরণং মমাস্তু ॥ ৭ ॥

saṅkarṣaṇaḥ kāraṇa-toya-śāyī

garbhoda-śāyī ca payo ’bdhi-śāyī

śeṣaś ca yasyāṁśa-kalāḥ sa nityā-

nandākhya-rāmaḥ śaraṇaṁ mamāstu

Translation

May Śrī Nityānanda Rāma be the object of my constant remembrance. Saṅkarṣaṇa, Śeṣa Nāga and the Viṣṇus who lie on the Kāraṇa Ocean, Garbha Ocean and ocean of milk are His plenary portions and the portions of His plenary portions.

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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.

Constant Remembrance of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma

  1. 1

    The verse prays that Śrī Nityānanda Rāma may be the object of constant remembrance.

  2. 2

    It names Saṅkarṣaṇa, Śeṣa Nāga and the Viṣṇus who lie on the Kāraṇa Ocean, Garbha Ocean and ocean of milk.

  3. 3

    They are His plenary portions and the portions of His plenary portions.

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:

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī are the two principal followers of Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, who acted as the most confidential servitor of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, known as Viśvambhara in His early life. A direct disciple of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was 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. saṅkarṣaṇaḥMahā-Saṅkarṣaṇa in the spiritual sky
  2. kāraṇa-toya-śāyīKāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who lies in the Causal Ocean
  3. garbha-uda-śāyīGarbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who lies in the Garbhodaka Ocean of the universe
  4. caand
  5. payaḥ-abdhi-śāyīKṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who lies in the ocean of milk
  6. śeṣaḥŚeṣa Nāga, the couch of Viṣṇu
  7. caand
  8. yasyawhose
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could you make a little space today to remember Śrī Nityānanda Rāma?

Practice

Pause once today and repeat the prayer that Śrī Nityānanda Rāma may be the object of your constant remembrance.

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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 · quoted in 1 more lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 1 other lecture

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayConstant Remembrance of Śrī Nityānanda RāmaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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