1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.36
নারায়ণ–পণ্ডিত এক বড়ই উদার ।
চৈতন্যচরণ বিনু নাহি জানে আর ॥ ৩৬
nārāyaṇa-paṇḍita eka baḍa-i udāra
caitanya-caraṇa vinu nāhi jāne āra
Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita, the fourteenth branch, a great and liberal devotee, did not know any shelter but Lord Caitanya’s lotus feet.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita, the fourteenth branch, was a great and liberal devotee.
He knew no shelter but Lord Caitanya’s lotus feet.
He was an associate of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. He went with Śrī Rāma Paṇḍita to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī.
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.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “liberal”
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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean for you to seek shelter at Lord Caitanya’s lotus feet today?
Take a quiet moment to pray for shelter at Lord Caitanya’s lotus feet.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Ādi 10.36? Get an answer from the verses themselves.