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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.138
ঈশ্বরপুরীর শিষ্য—ব্রহ্মচারী কাশীশ্বর ।
শ্রীগোবিন্দ নাম তাঁর প্রিয় অনুচর ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
īśvara-purīra śiṣya — brahmacārī kāśīśvara
śrī-govinda nāma tāṅra priya anucara
Brahmacārī Kāśīśvara was a disciple of Īśvara Purī, and Śrī Govinda was another of his dear disciples.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Brahmacārī Kāśīśvara and Śrī Govinda were disciples of Īśvara Purī.
The servants formerly named Bhṛṅgāra and Bhaṅgura in Vṛndāvana became Kāśīśvara and Govinda in Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
Govinda was the personal servant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He always engaged in the Lord’s service, even at great risk.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
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: “service”, “servants”
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: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from Govinda’s steadiness in serving the Lord?
Complete one small service to the Lord today with careful attention.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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