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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.62

চৈতন্যদাস, রামদাস, আর কর্ণপূর ।

তিন পুত্র শিবানন্দের প্রভুর ভক্তশূর ॥ ৬২ ॥

caitanya-dāsa, rāmadāsa, āra karṇapūra

tina putra śivānandera prabhura bhakta-śūra

Translation

The three sons of Śivānanda Sena, named Caitanya dāsa, Rāmadāsa and Karṇapūra, were all heroic devotees of Lord Caitanya.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

1
Śivānanda Sena’s three sons—Caitanya dāsa, Rāmadāsa and Karṇapūra—were all heroic devotees of Lord Caitanya.
2
Caitanya dāsa, the eldest son, wrote a commentary on Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. According to Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, he also wrote the Sanskrit Caitanya-carita, rather than Kavi-karṇapūra.
3
Karṇapūra, the third son, was also known as Paramānanda dāsa or Purī dāsa and was initiated by Śrīnātha Paṇḍita. He wrote many important books in Vaiṣṇava literature.

Key points from the purport

Caitanya dāsa, the eldest son of Śivānanda Sena, wrote a commentary on Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta that was later translated by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his paper Sajjana-toṣaṇī.
According to expert opinion, Caitanya dāsa was the author of the book Caitanya-carita (also known as Caitanya-caritāmṛta), which was written in Sanskrit.
It is stated in the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (145) that the two famous parrots named Dakṣa and Vicakṣaṇa in kṛṣṇa-līlā became the elder brothers of Kavi-karṇapūra, namely Caitanya dāsa and Rāmadāsa.

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

Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:

This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Learn the words of the verse.

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

How does the literary service of these devotees encourage my own study?

Write down the three brothers’ names and one literary contribution mentioned for Caitanya dāsa or Karṇapūra.

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