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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 10.130Ādi 10.132

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.131

কাশীমিশ্র, প্রদ্যুম্নমিশ্র, রায় ভবানন্দ ।

যাঁহার মিলনে প্রভু পাইলা আনন্দ ॥ ১৩১ ॥

kāśī-miśra, pradyumna-miśra, rāya bhavānanda

yāṅhāra milane prabhu pāilā ānanda

Translation

In the list of devotees at Jagannātha Purī [which begins with Paramānanda Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Gopīnātha Ācārya], Kāśī Miśra was the fifth, Pradyumna Miśra the sixth and Bhavānanda Rāya the seventh. Lord Caitanya took great pleasure in meeting with them.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Receiving Instruction Beyond Family Background

  1. 1

    Kāśī Miśra, Pradyumna Miśra and Bhavānanda Rāya were listed among the devotees at Jagannātha Purī. Lord Caitanya took great pleasure in meeting them.

  2. 2

    Lord Caitanya lived at the house of Kāśī Miśra, who was the King’s priest. The house later passed to Vakreśvara Paṇḍita and then to his disciple Gopālaguru Gosvāmī, who established a Deity of Rādhākānta there.

  3. 3

    Pradyumna Miśra was born in a brāhmaṇa family, and Rāmānanda Rāya in a non-brāhmaṇa family. Yet Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Pradyumna Miśra to receive instruction from Rāmānanda Rāya.

Key points from the purport
  • In Jagannātha Purī Lord Caitanya lived at the house of Kāśī Miśra, who was the priest of the King.
  • Pradyumna Miśra, an inhabitant of Orissa, was a great devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
  • Pradyumna Miśra was born of a brāhmaṇa family and Rāmānanda Rāya of a non- brāhmaṇa family, yet Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Pradyumna Miśra to take instruction from Rāmānanda Rāya.

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. kāśī-miśraKāśī Miśra
  2. pradyumna-miśraPradyumna Miśra
  3. rāya bhavānandaBhavānanda Rāya
  4. yāṅhāraof whom
  5. milanemeeting
  6. prabhuthe Lord
  7. pāilāgot
  8. ānandagreat pleasure
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “bhavānanda”

  • 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: “gopīnātha”

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhākānta”

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 the Lord’s advice to Pradyumna Miśra challenge judging a teacher by family background?

Practice

Reflect briefly on whether family background affects your willingness to receive devotional instruction.

Live this todayReceiving Instruction Beyond Family BackgroundThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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