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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.104

ইঁহা–সবার যৈছে হৈল প্রভুর মিলন ।

আগে বিস্তারিয়া তাহা করিব বর্ণন ॥ ১০৪ ॥

iṅhā-sabāra yaiche haila prabhura milana

āge vistāriyā tāhā kariba varṇana

Translation

I shall later explain very elaborately how all these devotees met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Detailed Accounts Will Follow

  1. 1

    The author says that all these devotees met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    He promises to explain how those meetings took place.

  3. 3

    Those explanations will come later and will be very elaborate.

How it feels

Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.

The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree

Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:

This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Back to this verse in Ādi 10
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. iṅhāof them
  2. sabāraall
  3. yaicheas
  4. hailabecame
  5. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. milanameeting
  7. āgelater on
  8. vistāriyāexpanding
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would you like to learn about these devotees’ meetings with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Write down one question about these meetings to keep in mind as you continue reading.

Live this todayDetailed Accounts Will FollowThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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