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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 10.161Ādi 10.163

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.162

এক এক শাখার শক্তি অনন্ত মহিমা ।

‘সহস্র বদনে’যার দিতে নারে সীমা ॥ ১৬২ ॥

eka eka śākhāra śakti ananta mahimā

‘sahasra vadane’ yāra dite nāre sīmā

Translation

Each and every branch of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s devotees has unlimited spiritual power and glory. Even if one had thousands of mouths, it would be impossible to describe the limits of their activities.

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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.

The Devotees’ Glory Cannot Be Fully Described

  1. 1

    Each and every branch of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s devotees has unlimited spiritual power.

  2. 2

    The glory of these branches is also unlimited.

  3. 3

    Even thousands of mouths could not describe the limits of their activities.

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. eka ekaof each and every
  2. śākhārabranch
  3. śaktipower
  4. anantaunlimited
  5. mahimāglories
  6. sahasra vadanein thousands of mouths
  7. yāraof which
  8. diteto give
  9. nārebecomes unable
  10. sīmālimit
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Key ideas in this 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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might this verse deepen my respect for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s devotees?

Practice

Write one sentence appreciating the devotees’ spiritual power and glory as described here.

Live this todayThe Devotees’ Glory Cannot Be Fully DescribedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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