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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.129
নীলাচলে প্রভুসহ প্রথম মিলন ।
সেই ভক্তগণের এবে করিয়ে গণন ॥ ১২৯ ॥
nīlācale prabhu-saha prathama milana
sei bhakta-gaṇera ebe kariye gaṇana
Now let me enumerate the devotees of Bengal who first came to see the Lord at Jagannātha Purī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author now begins to enumerate devotees from Bengal.
He identifies them as those who first came to see the Lord.
Their meeting with the Lord took place at Jagannātha Purī.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might learning the devotees’ names help you read their accounts more attentively?
Begin a short list titled “Devotees of Bengal” for the names introduced in this account.
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