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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 10.111

সুবুদ্ধি মিশ্র, হৃদয়ানন্দ, কমলনয়ন ।

মহেশ পণ্ডিত, শ্রীকর, শ্রীমধুসূদন ॥ ১১১ ॥

subuddhi miśra, hṛdayānanda, kamala-nayana

maheśa paṇḍita, śrīkara, śrī-madhusūdana

Translation

The sixty-second branch of the tree was Subuddhi Miśra, the sixty-third was Hṛdayānanda, the sixty-fourth was Kamala-nayana, the sixty-fifth was Maheśa Paṇḍita, the sixty-sixth was Śrīkara, and the sixty-seventh was Śrī Madhusūdana.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Subuddhi Miśra’s Service to Gaura-Nityānanda

  1. 1

    The branches named here are Subuddhi Miśra, Hṛdayānanda, Kamala-nayana, Maheśa Paṇḍita, Śrīkara and Śrī Madhusūdana.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura writes that Subuddhi Miśra was formerly Guṇacūḍā in Vṛndāvana.

  3. 3

    Subuddhi Miśra installed Gaura-Nityānanda Deities in a temple in Belagān, about three miles from Śrīkhaṇḍa. The purport names Govindacandra Gosvāmī as his descendant.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura writes in his Anubhāṣya, “Subuddhi Miśra, who was formerly Guṇacūḍā in Vṛndāvana, installed Gaura-Nityānanda Deities in a temple in the village known as Belagān, which is about three miles away from Śrīkhaṇḍa.
  • His present descendant is known as Govindacandra Gosvāmī.”

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. subuddhi miśraSubuddhi Miśra
  2. hṛdayānandaHṛdayānanda
  3. kamala-nayanaKamala-nayana
  4. maheśa paṇḍitaMaheśa Paṇḍita
  5. śrīkaraŚrīkara
  6. śrī-madhusūdanaŚrī Madhusūdana
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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”, “branches”

  • 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: “vṛndāvana”

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

How does learning about Subuddhi Miśra’s temple service help you remember him?

Practice

Write a short note linking Subuddhi Miśra, the Gaura-Nityānanda Deities and Belagān.

Live this todaySubuddhi Miśra’s Service to Gaura-NityānandaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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