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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.72
প্রভুর পড়ুয়া দুই,—পুরুষোত্তম, সঞ্জয় ।
ব্যাকরণে দুই শিষ্য—দুই মহাশয় ॥ ৭২ ॥
prabhura paḍuyā dui, — puruṣottama, sañjaya
vyākaraṇe dui śiṣya — dui mahāśaya
The thirty-third and thirty-fourth branches were the two students of Caitanya Mahāprabhu named Puruṣottama and Sañjaya, who were stalwart students in grammar. They were very great personalities.
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Puruṣottama and Sañjaya were stalwart students in grammar under Caitanya Mahāprabhu. They were very great personalities.
They lived in Navadvīpa and were the Lord’s first companions in the saṅkīrtana movement.
The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta clarifies that Puruṣottama and Sañjaya were two people, not one.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
Learn the words of the 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: “branches”
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: “saṅkīrtana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might your study support your participation in saṅkīrtana?
Spend a few minutes chanting the holy name with someone today.
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