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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.157

প্রভুর আজ্ঞা পাঞা বৃন্দাবনেরে আইলা ।

আসিয়া শ্রীরূপ–গোসাঞির নিকটে রহিলা ॥ ১৫৭ ॥

prabhura ājñā pāñā vṛndāvanere āilā

āsiyā śrī-rūpa-gosāñira nikaṭe rahilā

Translation

Later, by the order of Lord Caitanya, Raghunātha went to Vṛndāvana and remained there under the shelter of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

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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 the Lord’s Order Under Shelter

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya ordered Raghunātha to go to Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    Raghunātha went there in obedience to the Lord’s order.

  3. 3

    He remained in Vṛndāvana under the shelter of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

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. prabhuraof Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. ājñāorder
  3. pāñāreceiving
  4. vṛndāvanereto Vṛndāvana
  5. āilāhe came
  6. āsiyācoming there
  7. śrī-rūpa-gosāñiraof Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
  8. nikaṭeat his shelter
  9. rahilāremained
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “shelter”

  • 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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How willing am I to accept guidance and shelter in devotional life?

Practice

Recall one devotional instruction you have received and take one small step to follow it today.

Live this todayFollowing the Lord’s Order Under ShelterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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