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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 10.138Ādi 10.140

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.139

তাঁর সিদ্ধিকালে দোঁহে তাঁর আজ্ঞা পাঞা ।

নীলাচলে প্রভুস্থানে মিলিল আসিয়া ॥ ১৩৯ ॥

tāṅra siddhi-kāle doṅhe tāṅra ājñā pāñā

nīlācale prabhu-sthāne milila āsiyā

Translation

In the list of prominent devotees at Nīlācala [Jagannātha Purī], Kāśīśvara was the eighteenth and Govinda the nineteenth. They both came to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī, being thus ordered by Īśvara Purī at the time of his passing away.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Following Īśvara Purī’s Final Instruction

  1. 1

    Among the prominent devotees at Nīlācala, Kāśīśvara was the eighteenth and Govinda the nineteenth.

  2. 2

    At the time of his passing away, Īśvara Purī ordered both of them to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    Following that order, Kāśīśvara and Govinda came to Jagannātha Purī to see the Lord.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tāṅra siddhi-kāleat the time of Īśvara Purī’s passing away
  2. doṅhethe two of them
  3. tāṅrahis
  4. ājñāorder
  5. pāñāgetting
  6. nīlācaleat Jagannātha Purī
  7. prabhu-sthāneat the place of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. mililamet
  9. āsiyācoming there
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about Kāśīśvara and Govinda carrying out Īśvara Purī’s instruction?

Practice

Write the instruction Īśvara Purī gave and the action Kāśīśvara and Govinda took.

Live this todayFollowing Īśvara Purī’s Final InstructionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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