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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 10.24Ādi 10.26

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.25

তাঁহার ভগিনী দময়ন্তী প্রভুর প্রিয় দাসী ।

প্রভুর ভোগসামগ্রী যে করে বারমাসি ॥ ২৫ ॥

tāṅhāra bhaginī damayantī prabhura priya dāsī

prabhura bhoga-sāmagrī ye kare vāra-māsi

Translation

Rāghava Paṇḍita’s sister Damayantī was the dear maidservant of the Lord. She always collected various ingredients with which to cook for Lord Caitanya.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Damayantī’s Steady Service to the Lord

  1. 1

    Damayantī, Rāghava Paṇḍita’s sister, was the dear maidservant of the Lord.

  2. 2

    She always collected various ingredients with which to cook for Lord Caitanya.

  3. 3

    The purport identifies Damayantī as the gopī Guṇamālā, who appeared as Rāghava Paṇḍita’s sister.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura writes in his Anubhāṣya, “In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (167) it is mentioned, guṇamālā vraje yāsīd damayantī tu tat-svasā: The gopī named Guṇamālā appeared as Rāghava Paṇḍita’s sister Damayantī.
  • On Rāghava Paṇḍita’s tomb is a creeper on a concrete platform.
  • Makaradhvaja Kara was also an inhabitant of Pānihāṭi.”

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. tāṅhārahis
  2. bhaginīsister
  3. damayantīDamayantī
  4. prabhuraof the Lord
  5. priyadear
  6. dāsīmaidservant
  7. prabhuraof the Lord
  8. bhoga-sāmagrīcooking materials
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “gopī”

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

What can Damayantī’s steady preparation teach you about serving the Lord?

Practice

Set aside one ingredient today for cooking something for the Lord.

Live this todayDamayantī’s Steady Service to the LordThis 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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