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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.109
কৃষ্ণদাস বৈদ্য, আর পণ্ডিত–শেখর ।
কবিচন্দ্র, আর কীর্তনীয়া ষষ্ঠীবর ॥ ১০৯ ॥
kṛṣṇadāsa vaidya, āra paṇḍita-śekhara
kavicandra, āra kīrtanīyā ṣaṣṭhīvara
The fifty-first branch of the Caitanya tree was Kṛṣṇadāsa Vaidya, the fifty-second was Paṇḍita Śekhara, the fifty-third was Kavicandra, and the fifty-fourth was Ṣaṣṭhīvara, who was a great saṅkīrtana performer.
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Kṛṣṇadāsa Vaidya was the fifty-first branch, and Paṇḍita Śekhara was the fifty-second.
Kavicandra was the fifty-third branch, and Ṣaṣṭhīvara was the fifty-fourth. Ṣaṣṭhīvara was a great saṅkīrtana performer.
The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā says that Kavicandra was Manoharā-gopī and that Śrīnātha Miśra was Citrāṅgī.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “branch”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “saṅkīrtana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which detail helps you remember Ṣaṣṭhīvara among these devotees?
Read the four branch names aloud and note Ṣaṣṭhīvara’s service as a saṅkīrtana performer.
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