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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 10.134Ādi 10.137

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Ādi 10.135-136

প্রতাপরুদ্র রাজা, আর ওঢ্র কৃষ্ণানন্দ ।

পরমানন্দ মহাপাত্র, ওঢ্র শিবানন্দ ॥ ১৩৫ ॥

ভগবান্ আচার্য, ব্রহ্মানন্দাখ্য ভারতী ।

শ্রীশিখি মাহিতি, আর মুরারি মাহিতি ॥ ১৩৬ ॥

pratāparudra rājā, āra oḍhra kṛṣṇānanda

paramānanda mahāpātra, oḍhra śivānanda

Translation

King Pratāparudra of Orissa, the Oriyā devotees Kṛṣṇānanda and Śivānanda, and Paramānanda Mahāpātra, Bhagavān Ācārya, Brahmānanda Bhāratī, Śrī Śikhi Māhiti and Murāri Māhiti constantly associated with Caitanya Mahāprabhu while He resided in Jagannātha Purī.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Great King Receives Personal Service

  1. 1

    King Pratāparudra and the other named devotees constantly associated with Caitanya Mahāprabhu while He resided in Jagannātha Purī.

  2. 2

    Pratāparudra Mahārāja was the Emperor of Orissa and a great devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya arranged for him to serve the Lord personally.

  3. 3

    The purport identifies Pratāparudra as King Indradyumna reborn in his own family. The drama Caitanya-candrodaya was written under Pratāparudra’s direction.

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