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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 10.163Ādi 11.1

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.164

শ্রীরূপ–রঘুনাথ–পদে যার আশ ।

চৈতন্যচরিতামৃত কহে কৃষ্ণদাস ॥ ১৬৪ ॥

śrī-rūpa-raghunātha-pade yāra āśa

caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe kṛṣṇadāsa

Translation

Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seek Mercy and Follow Their Footsteps

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇadāsa prays at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha.

  2. 2

    He always desires their mercy.

  3. 3

    He narrates Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta while following in their footsteps.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, tenth chapter, in the matter of the main trunk of the Caitanya tree, its branches and its subbranches.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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.
Back to this verse in Ādi 10
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śrī-rūpaŚrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
  2. raghunāthaŚrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
  3. padeat the lotus feet
  4. yārawhose
  5. āśaexpectation
  6. caitanya-caritāmṛtathe book named Caitanya-caritāmṛta
  7. kahedescribes
  8. kṛṣṇadāsaŚrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Gosvāmī
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

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

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can Kṛṣṇadāsa’s prayerful approach shape my own study?

Practice

Before studying today, offer a brief prayer for the mercy of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha.

Live this todaySeek Mercy and Follow Their FootstepsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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