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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.115
গোবিন্দ, মাধব, বাসুদেব,—তিন ভাই ।
যাঁ–সবার কীর্তনে নাচে চৈতন্য–নিতাই ॥ ১১৫ ॥
govinda, mādhava, vāsudeva — tina bhāi
yāṅ-sabāra kīrtane nāce caitanya-nitāi
The three brothers Govinda, Mādhava and Vāsudeva were the eighty-second, eighty-third and eighty-fourth branches of the tree. Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda used to dance in their kīrtana performances.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The brothers Govinda, Mādhava and Vāsudeva Ghoṣa all belonged to a kāyastha family. Govinda established the Gopīnātha temple in Agradvīpa, where he lived.
Mādhava Ghoṣa was unrivaled in performing kīrtana and was known as the singer of Vṛndāvana. He was very dear to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.
When the brothers performed saṅkīrtana, Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda would immediately dance in ecstasy. At the Ratha-yātrā festival, Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was the chief dancer in their kīrtana party.
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: “branches”, “festival”, “ratha-yātrā”
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: “kīrtana”, “saṅkīrtana”
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”, “gopīnātha”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do the Lords’ responses reveal to you about the brothers’ kīrtana?
Spend a few minutes today singing in kīrtana, remembering the brothers’ service.
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