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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 10.114

জগন্নাথ তীর্থ, বিপ্র শ্রীজানকীনাথ ।

গোপাল আচার্য, আর বিপ্র বাণীনাথ ॥ ১১৪ ॥

jagannātha tīrtha, vipra śrī-jānakīnātha

gopāla ācārya, āra vipra vāṇīnātha

Translation

The seventy-eighth branch of the original tree was Jagannātha Tīrtha, the seventy-ninth was the brāhmaṇa Śrī Jānakīnātha, the eightieth was Gopāla Ācārya, and the eighty-first was the brāhmaṇa Vāṇīnātha.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotee branches and care for temple worship

  1. 1

    Jagannātha Tīrtha was one of the nine principal sannyāsīs who were Lord Caitanya’s associates.

  2. 2

    Vāṇīnātha Vipra lived in Cāṅpāhāṭi. The neglected temple there was renovated by Śrī Paramānanda Brahmacārī, who reorganized its sevā-pūjā, or temple worship.

  3. 3

    The temple was placed under the management of the Śrī Caitanya Maṭha of Śrī Māyāpur. The Deity of Śrī Gaura-Gadādhara is worshiped there according to the principles of the revealed scriptures.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura writes in his Anubhāṣya, “Jagannātha Tīrtha was one of the nine principal sannyāsīs who were Lord Caitanya’s associates.
  • Vāṇīnātha Vipra was a resident of Cāṅpāhāṭi, a village in the district of Burdwan near the town of Navadvīpa, the police station of Pūrvasthalī and the post office of Samudragarh.
  • Cāṅpāhāṭi is two miles away from both Samudragarh and the Navadvīpa station of the Eastern Railway.”

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. jagannātha tīrthaJagannātha Tīrtha
  2. vipra-śrī-jānakīnāthathe brāhmaṇa of the name Śrī Jānakīnātha
  3. gopāla ācāryaGopāla Ācārya
  4. āraand
  5. vipra vāṇīnāthathe brāhmaṇa of the name Vāṇīnātha
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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”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associates”

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 stands out to you about the care taken to restore the temple and its worship?

Practice

Write down the two aspects of restoration mentioned here: renovating the temple and reorganizing its worship.

Live this todayDevotee branches and care for temple worshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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