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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 10.60

আস্বাদিল এ সব রস সেন শিবানন্দ ।

বিস্তারি’ কহিব আগে এসব আনন্দ ॥ ৬০ ॥

āsvādila e saba rasa sena śivānanda

vistāri’ kahiba āge esaba ānanda

Translation

Śrīla Śivānanda Sena experienced the three features of sākṣāt, āveśa and āvirbhāva. Later I shall vividly describe this transcendentally blissful subject.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Serving Devotees Through Practical Care

  1. 1

    Śrīla Śivānanda Sena experienced sākṣāt, āveśa and āvirbhāva. The author promises to describe this transcendentally blissful subject later.

  2. 2

    Śivānanda Sena guided the devotees traveling from Bengal to Jagannātha Purī. He personally paid all their journey expenses.

  3. 3

    He installed Gaura-Gopāla Deities and established a temple of Kṛṣṇarāya. He also supervised Vāsudeva Datta’s expenditures because of Vāsudeva Datta’s lavish spending.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Śivānanda Sena has been described by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja as follows: “Śivānanda Sena was a resident of Kumārahaṭṭa, which is also known as Hālisahara, and was a great devotee of the Lord.
  • Śivānanda Sena was the father of Paramānanda Sena, who was also known as Purī dāsa or Kavi-karṇapūra.
  • Śrīla Śivānanda Sena had three sons, named Caitanya dāsa, Rāmadāsa and Paramānanda.

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.
Back to this verse in Ādi 10
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āsvādilatasted
  2. ethese
  3. sabaall
  4. rasamellows
  5. sena śivānandaŚivānanda Sena
  6. vistāri’describing vividly
  7. kahibaI shall speak
  8. āgelater on
  9. esabaall this
  10. ānandatranscendental bliss
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What practical need of a devotee could I help meet?

Practice

Offer one small, practical help to a devotee today, such as assistance with travel arrangements.

Live this todayServing Devotees Through Practical CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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