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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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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree
Ādi 10.123Ādi 10.127

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Ādi 10.124-126

নীলাচলে প্রভুসঙ্গে যত ভক্তগণ ।

সবার অধ্যক্ষ প্রভুর মর্ম দুইজন ॥ ১২৪ ॥

পরমানন্দপুরী, আর স্বরূপ–দামোদর ।

গদাধর, জগদানন্দ, শঙ্কর, বক্রেশ্বর ॥ ১২৫ ॥

দামোদর পণ্ডিত, ঠাকুর হরিদাস ।

রঘুনাথ বৈদ্য, আর রঘুনাথদাস ॥ ১২৬ ॥

nīlācale prabhu-saṅge yata bhakta-gaṇa

sabāra adhyakṣa prabhura marma dui-jana

Translation

Among the devotees who accompanied the Lord in Jagannātha Purī, two of them — Paramānanda Purī and Svarūpa Dāmodara — were the heart and soul of the Lord. Among the other devotees were Gadādhara, Jagadānanda, Śaṅkara, Vakreśvara, Dāmodara Paṇḍita, Ṭhākura Haridāsa, Raghunātha Vaidya and Raghunātha dāsa.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Dear Associates

  1. 1

    Paramānanda Purī and Svarūpa Dāmodara were the heart and soul of the Lord. They were among the devotees who accompanied Him in Jagannātha Purī.

  2. 2

    Raghunātha Vaidya came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Pānihāṭi. He was a great devotee and had all good qualities.

  3. 3

    According to the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Raghunātha Vaidya was formerly Revatī, the wife of Balarāma. Anyone he glanced upon would immediately attain Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Key points from the purport
  • The Caitanya-bhāgavata, Antya-khaṇḍa, chapter five, states that Raghunātha Vaidya came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu when the Lord was staying at Pānihāṭi.
  • According to the Caitanya-bhāgavata, he was formerly Revatī, the wife of Balarāma.
  • He lived on the seashore at Jagannātha Purī and compiled a book of the name Sthāna-nirūpaṇa.

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. nīlācalein Jagannātha Purī
  2. prabhu-saṅgein the company of Lord Caitanya
  3. yataall
  4. bhakta-gaṇadevotees
  5. sabāraof all of them
  6. adhyakṣathe chief
  7. prabhuraof the Lord
  8. marmaheart and soul
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “haridāsa”

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 impresses you about the description of Raghunātha Vaidya’s devotion?

Practice

Write down Raghunātha Vaidya’s name and one quality or detail about him from this passage.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Dear AssociatesThis 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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