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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.14
পুণ্ডরীক বিদ্যানিধি—বড়শাখা জানি ।
যাঁর নাম লঞা প্রভু কান্দিলা আপনি ॥ ১৪ ॥
puṇḍarīka vidyānidhi — baḍa-śākhā jāni
yāṅra nāma lañā prabhu kāndilā āpani
Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi, the third big branch, was so dear to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu that in his absence Lord Caitanya Himself would sometimes cry.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi was the third big branch. He was so dear to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu that the Lord sometimes cried in his absence.
The purport describes him as the father of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī in kṛṣṇa-līlā. Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore treated him as His father.
His family belonged to the Vārendra group of brāhmaṇa families. Amid disagreements with Rāḍhīya brāhmaṇas, his family was ostracized and was not then regarded as respectable.
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.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “branch”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “absence”
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: “rādhārāṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the Lord’s affection for someone whose family had been ostracized?
Pause today to reread and reflect on the Lord’s affection for Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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