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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 10.55

প্রতিবর্ষে প্রভুগণ সঙ্গেতে লইয়া ।

নীলাচলে চলেন পথে পালন করিয়া ॥ ৫৫ ॥

prativarṣe prabhu-gaṇa saṅgete lā-iyā

nīlācale calena pathe pālana kariyā

Translation

Every year he took a party of devotees from Bengal to Jagannātha Purī to visit Lord Caitanya. He maintained the entire party as they journeyed on the road.

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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.

Care for Devotees Along the Journey

  1. 1

    He took a party of devotees from Bengal to Jagannātha Purī every year.

  2. 2

    The purpose of their journey was to visit Lord Caitanya.

  3. 3

    He maintained the entire party while they traveled on the road.

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. prati-varṣeevery year
  2. prabhu-gaṇathe devotees of Lord Caitanya
  3. saṅgetealong with
  4. lā-iyātaking
  5. nīlācaleto Jagannātha Purī
  6. calenagoes
  7. patheon the road
  8. pālanamaintenance
  9. kariyāproviding
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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: “party”

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

What practical need of a traveling devotee could I help meet?

Practice

Offer food, water or travel assistance to a devotee making a journey.

Live this todayCare for Devotees Along the JourneyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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