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  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 10.118Ādi 10.120

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.119

ভাগবতাচার্য, চিরঞ্জীব, শ্রীরঘুনন্দন ।

মাধবাচার্য কমলাকান্ত, শ্রীযদুনন্দন ॥ ১১৯ ॥

bhāgavatācārya, cirañjīva śrī-raghunandana

mādhavācārya, kamalākānta, śrī-yadunandana

Translation

Bhāgavata Ācārya, Cirañjīva, Śrī Raghunandana, Mādhavācārya, Kamalākānta and Śrī Yadunandana were all among the branches of the Caitanya tree.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotees connected within the Caitanya tree

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    Bhāgavata Ācārya, Cirañjīva, Śrī Raghunandana, Mādhavācārya, Kamalākānta and Śrī Yadunandana were branches of the Caitanya tree.

  2. 2

    Śrī Mādhavācārya married Lord Nityānanda’s daughter, Gaṅgādevī. He received initiation from Puruṣottama, a branch of Nityānanda Prabhu.

  3. 3

    Kamalākānta belonged to the branch of Śrī Advaita Prabhu. His full name was Kamalākānta Viśvāsa.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura writes in his Anubhāṣya, “Śrī Mādhavācārya was the husband of Lord Nityānanda’s daughter, Gaṅgādevī.
  • It is said that when Nityānanda Prabhu’s daughter married Mādhavācārya, the Lord gave him the village named Pāṅjinagara as a dowry.
  • According to the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (169), Śrī Mādhavācārya was formerly the gopī named Mādhavī.

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. bhāgavatācāryaBhāgavata Ācārya
  2. cirañjīvaCirañjīva
  3. śrī-raghunandanaŚrī Raghunandana
  4. mādhavācāryaMādhavācārya
  5. kamalākāntaKamalākānta
  6. śrī-yadunandanaŚrī Yadunandana
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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: “branches”

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 do these relationships help you remember the devotees named here?

Practice

Make a small note connecting Mādhavācārya with Puruṣottama and Kamalākānta Viśvāsa with Śrī Advaita Prabhu.

Live this todayDevotees connected within the Caitanya treeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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