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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 10.65Ādi 10.67

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.66

‘রত্নবাহু’ বলি’ প্রভু থুইল তাঁর নাম ।

অকিঞ্চন প্রভুর প্রিয় কৃষ্ণদাস–নাম ॥ ৬৬ ॥

‘ratnabāhu’ bali’ prabhu thuila tāṅra nāma

akiñcana prabhura priya kṛṣṇadāsa-nāma

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave Vijaya dāsa the name Ratnabāhu [“jewel-handed”] because he copied many manuscripts for Him. The twenty-eighth branch was Kṛṣṇadāsa, who was very dear to the Lord. He was known as Akiñcana Kṛṣṇadāsa.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Service honored, a possessionless devotee cherished

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave Vijaya dāsa the name Ratnabāhu, meaning “jewel-handed,” because he copied many manuscripts for Him.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇadāsa was very dear to the Lord and was known as Akiñcana Kṛṣṇadāsa.

  3. 3

    Akiñcana means “one who possesses nothing in this world.”

Key points from the purport
  • Akiñcana means “one who possesses nothing in this world.”

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. ratnabāhuthe title Ratnabāhu
  2. bali’calling him
  3. prabhuthe Lord
  4. thuilakept
  5. tāṅrahis
  6. nāmaname
  7. akiñcanaunalloyed
  8. prabhuraof the Lord
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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

What does Akiñcana Kṛṣṇadāsa’s being dear to the Lord suggest to you about possessions?

Practice

Write down the meaning of Akiñcana and spend a minute reflecting on it.

Live this todayService honored, a possessionless devotee cherishedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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