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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 10.122

নীলাচলে এই সব ভক্ত প্রভুসঙ্গে ।

দুই স্থানে প্রভু–সেবা কৈল নানা–রঙ্গে ॥ ১২২ ॥

nīlācale ei saba bhakta prabhu-saṅge

dui sthāne prabhu-sevā kaila nānā-raṅge

Translation

I have especially mentioned all these devotees because they accompanied Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in Bengal and Orissa and served Him in many ways.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Lord Caitanya’s Devotees Across the World

  1. 1

    These devotees are especially mentioned because they accompanied Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in Bengal and Orissa and served Him in many ways.

  2. 2

    Most of His devotees lived in Bengal and Orissa and are celebrated as Gauḍīyas and Oriyās. By His grace, His movement is spreading throughout the world.

  3. 3

    The International Society for Krishna Consciousness constructed a large temple at Māyāpur, Navadvīpa, visited by devotees from all parts of the world. This was foretold by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and anticipated by Śrī Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura.

Key points from the purport
  • Most of the devotees of Lord Caitanya lived in Bengal and Orissa.
  • At present, however, by the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, His cult is being propagated all over the world, and it is most probable that in the future history of Lord Caitanya’s movement, Europeans, Americans, Canadians, Australians, South Americans, Asians and people from all over the world will be celebrated as devotees of Lord Caitanya.
  • The International Society for Krishna Consciousness has already constructed a big temple at Māyāpur, Navadvīpa, which is being visited by devotees from all parts of the world, as foretold by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and anticipated by Śrī Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura.

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. nīlācaleat Jagannātha Purī
  2. eithese
  3. sabaall
  4. bhaktadevotees
  5. prabhu-saṅgein the company of Lord Caitanya
  6. dui sthānein two places
  7. prabhu-sevāservice of the Lord
  8. kailaexecuted
  9. nānā-raṅgein different ways
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “served”

  • 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: “grace”

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 hearing about devotees from all parts of the world broaden your appreciation of Lord Caitanya’s movement?

Practice

Today, read the passage again and notice both the devotees’ local roots and the movement’s worldwide reach.

Live this todayLord Caitanya’s Devotees Across the WorldThis 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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