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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 10.33
তাঁহার অনুজ শাখা—শঙ্করপণ্ডিত ।
‘প্রভু–পাদোপাধান’ যাঁর নাম বিদিত ॥ ৩৩ ॥
tāṅhāra anuja śākhā — śaṅkara-paṇḍita
‘prabhu-pādopādhāna’ yāṅra nāma vidita
The eleventh branch, the younger brother of Dāmodara Paṇḍita, was known as Śaṅkara Paṇḍita. He was celebrated as the shoes of the Lord.
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Śaṅkara Paṇḍita was the eleventh branch.
He was the younger brother of Dāmodara Paṇḍita.
He was celebrated as the shoes of the Lord.
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: “branch”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What draws your attention to the description of Śaṅkara Paṇḍita as the Lord’s shoes?
Read the translation slowly and reflect for a moment on how Śaṅkara Paṇḍita is remembered.
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