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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 10.32
দণ্ড–কথা কহিব আগে বিস্তার করিয়া ।
দণ্ডে তুষ্ট প্রভু তাঁরে পাঠাইলা নদীয়া ॥ ৩২ ॥
daṇḍa-kathā kahiba āge vistāra kariyā
daṇḍe tuṣṭa prabhu tāṅre pāṭhāilā nadīyā
Later in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta I shall describe this incident of chastisement in detail. The Lord, being very much satisfied by this chastisement, sent Dāmodara Paṇḍita to Navadvīpa.
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The Lord was very much satisfied by Dāmodara Paṇḍita’s chastisement and sent him to Navadvīpa.
Dāmodara Paṇḍita was formerly known as Śaibyā in Vraja-dhāma.
He carried messages from Lord Caitanya to Śacīmātā. During the Ratha-yātrā festival, he carried messages from Śacīmātā to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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: “festival”, “ratha-yātrā”
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: “vraja-dhāma”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you appreciate about Dāmodara Paṇḍita’s service of carrying messages?
Write down the two directions in which Dāmodara Paṇḍita carried messages, noting when he carried Śacīmātā’s messages.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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