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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 10.80

কুলীনগ্রামবাসী সত্যরাজ, রামানন্দ ।

যদুনাথ, পুরুষোত্তম, শঙ্কর, বিদ্যানন্দ ॥ ৮০ ॥

kulīnagrāma-vāsī satyarāja, rāmānanda

yadunātha, puruṣottama, śaṅkara, vidyānanda

Translation

Satyarāja, Rāmānanda, Yadunātha, Puruṣottama, Śaṅkara and Vidyānanda all belonged to the twentieth branch. They were inhabitants of the village known as Kulīna-grāma.

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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.

The Devotees of Kulīna-grāma

  1. 1

    Satyarāja, Rāmānanda and Yadunātha are named among those belonging to the twentieth branch.

  2. 2

    Puruṣottama, Śaṅkara and Vidyānanda also belonged to that branch.

  3. 3

    All six were inhabitants of the village known as Kulīna-grāma.

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. kulīna-grāma-vāsīthe inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma
  2. satyarājaSatyarāja
  3. rāmānandaRāmānanda
  4. yadunāthaYadunātha
  5. puruṣottamaPuruṣottama
  6. śaṅkaraŚaṅkara
  7. vidyānandaVidyānanda
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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 helps you remember these six people and their shared village?

Practice

Read the six names aloud once, then recall their village: Kulīna-grāma.

Live this todayThe Devotees of Kulīna-grāmaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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