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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 10.47

তাঁর লীলা বর্ণিয়াছেন বৃন্দাবনদাস ।

যেবা অবশিষ্ট, আগে করিব প্রকাশ ॥ ৪৭ ॥

tāṅra līlā varṇiyāchena vṛndāvana-dāsa

yebā avaśiṣṭa, āge kariba prakāśa

Translation

Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has vividly described the pastimes of Haridāsa Ṭhākura in his Caitanya-bhāgavata. Whatever has remained undescribed I shall try to explain later in this book.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pastimes Preserved and Further Explained

  1. 1

    Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura described the pastimes of Haridāsa Ṭhākura in his Caitanya-bhāgavata.

  2. 2

    His descriptions of those pastimes were vivid.

  3. 3

    The author says he will try to explain later in this book whatever remained undescribed.

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. tāṅrahis
  2. līlāpastimes
  3. varṇiyāchenadescribed
  4. vṛndāvana-dāsaŚrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura
  5. yebāwhatever
  6. avaśiṣṭaremained undescribed
  7. āgelater in the book
  8. karibaI shall make
  9. prakāśamanifest
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “haridāsa”

  • 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: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that these pastimes were carefully recorded affect your reading?

Practice

Write down the name Caitanya-bhāgavata and its author as the source identified here for Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s pastimes.

Live this todayPastimes Preserved and Further ExplainedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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