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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 10.39Ādi 10.41

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.40

শ্রীমুকুন্দ–দত্ত শাখা—প্রভুর সমাধ্যায়ী ।

যাঁহার কীর্তনে নাচে চৈতন্য–গোসাঞি ॥ ৪০ ॥

śrī-mukunda-datta śākhā — prabhura samādhyāyī

yāṅhāra kīrtane nāce caitanya-gosāñi

Translation

Mukunda Datta, a class friend of Lord Caitanya’s, was another branch of the Caitanya tree. Lord Caitanya danced while he sang.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Mukunda Sang While Lord Caitanya Danced

  1. 1

    Mukunda Datta was a class friend of Lord Caitanya and another branch of the Caitanya tree.

  2. 2

    Lord Caitanya danced while Mukunda Datta sang.

  3. 3

    Śrī Mukunda Datta was born in Chanharā in the Caṭṭagrāma district. The village is about twenty miles from the home of Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Mukunda Datta was born in the Caṭṭagrāma district, in the village of Chanharā, which is under the jurisdiction of the police station named Paṭiyā.
  • This village is situated ten krośas, or about twenty miles, from the home of Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śrī-mukunda-dattaŚrī Mukunda Datta
  2. śākhāanother branch
  3. prabhuraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. samādhyāyīclass friend
  5. yāṅhārawhose
  6. kīrtanein saṅkīrtana
  7. nācedances
  8. caitanya-gosāñiŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Key ideas in this 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”

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

How does Mukunda Datta’s singing inspire your desire to serve the Lord?

Practice

Sing a devotional song today, remembering that Lord Caitanya danced while Mukunda Datta sang.

Live this todayMukunda Sang While Lord Caitanya DancedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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