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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.160
একৈক–শাখাতে লাগে কোটি কোটি ডাল ।
তার শিষ্য–উপশিষ্য, তার উপডাল ॥ ১৬০ ॥
ekaika-śākhāte lāge koṭi koṭi ḍāla
tāra śiṣya-upaśiṣya, tāra upaḍāla
From each branch of the tree have grown hundreds and thousands of subbranches of disciples and granddisciples.
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Each branch has hundreds and thousands of subbranches of disciples and granddisciples. Many disciples in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s disciplic succession are needed to spread His teachings.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu desired devotees all over the world, not only in a few villages, Bengal, or India.
The ISKCON movement spreads worldwide in pursuit of this desire, confirmed by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura and Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. Genuine devotees should take pride in this spread rather than criticize its preaching work.
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I appreciate efforts to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness beyond familiar places?
Today, express appreciation for one effort to share Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s teachings with others.
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