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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 10.28

সে–সব সামগ্রী আগে করিব বিস্তার ।

যাহার শ্রবণে ভক্তের বহে অশ্রুধার ॥ ২৮ ॥

se-saba sāmagrī āge kariba vistāra

yāhāra śravaṇe bhaktera vahe aśrudhāra

Translation

I shall describe the contents of the bags of Rāghava Paṇḍita later in this book. Hearing this narration, devotees generally cry, and tears glide down from their eyes.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hearing About Service Moves Devotees to Tears

  1. 1

    The author promises to describe the contents of Rāghava Paṇḍita’s bags later in the book.

  2. 2

    Hearing this narration, devotees generally cry, with tears gliding down from their eyes.

  3. 3

    The purport directs readers to chapter ten of the Antya-līlā for a vivid description of rāghavera jhāli.

Key points from the purport
  • A vivid description of these rāghavera jhāli is to be found in chapter ten of the Antya-līlā portion of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.

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. se-sabaall these things
  2. sāmagrīingredients of the foods
  3. āgefurther on
  4. karibaI shall describe
  5. vistāravividly
  6. yāhāraof which
  7. śravaṇeby the hearing
  8. bhakteraof a devotee
  9. vaheflowing
  10. aśru-dhāratears
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How attentively do you listen to descriptions of service to the Lord?

Practice

Bookmark chapter ten of the Antya-līlā to read its description of rāghavera jhāli.

Live this todayHearing About Service Moves Devotees to TearsThis 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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