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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 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree
Ādi 10.109Ādi 10.111

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.110

শ্রীনাথ মিশ্র, শুভানন্দ, শ্রীরাম, ঈশান ।

শ্রীনিধি, শ্রীগোপীকান্ত, মিশ্র ভগবান্ ॥ ১১০ ॥

śrīnātha miśra, śubhānanda, śrīrāma, īśāna

śrīnidhi, śrīgopīkānta, miśra bhagavān

Translation

The fifty-fifth branch was Śrīnātha Miśra, the fifty-sixth was Śubhānanda, the fifty-seventh was Śrīrāma, the fifty-eighth was Īśāna, the fifty-ninth was Śrīnidhi, the sixtieth was Śrī Gopīkānta, and the sixty-first was Miśra Bhagavān.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotion Through Kīrtana and Personal Service

  1. 1

    The branches named here are Śrīnātha Miśra, Śubhānanda, Śrīrāma, Īśāna, Śrīnidhi, Śrī Gopīkānta and Miśra Bhagavān.

  2. 2

    Śubhānanda formerly lived in Vṛndāvana as Mālatī. He was one of the kīrtana performers who danced before the Ratha-yātrā car during the Jagannātha festival.

  3. 3

    Īśāna was the personal servant of Śrīmatī Śacīdevī, who showered great mercy upon him. He was also very dear to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Key points from the purport
  • Śubhānanda, who formerly lived in Vṛndāvana as Mālatī, was one of the kīrtana performers who danced in front of the Ratha-yātrā car during the Jagannātha festival.
  • Īśāna was the personal servant of Śrīmatī Śacīdevī, who showered her great mercy upon him.
  • He was also very dear to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. śrīnātha miśraŚrīnātha Miśra
  2. śubhānandaŚubhānanda
  3. śrīrāmaŚrīrāma
  4. īśānaĪśāna
  5. śrīnidhiŚrīnidhi
  6. śrī-gopīkāntaŚrī Gopīkānta
  7. miśra bhagavānMiśra Bhagavān
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Key ideas in this 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”, “festival”, “ratha-yātrā”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīkānta”, “vṛndāvana”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you appreciate about the services of Śubhānanda and Īśāna?

Practice

Make a two-line note pairing Śubhānanda with kīrtana and Īśāna with service to Śrīmatī Śacīdevī.

Live this todayDevotion Through Kīrtana and Personal ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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