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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 10.91Ādi 10.93

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.92

প্রভু সমর্পিল তাঁরে স্বরূপের হাতে ।

প্রভুর গুপ্তসেবা কৈল স্বরূপের সাথে ॥ ৯২ ॥

prabhu samarpila tāṅre svarūpera hāte

prabhura gupta-sevā kaila svarūpera sāthe

Translation

When Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī approached Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī, the Lord entrusted him to the care of Svarūpa Dāmodara, His secretary. Thus they both engaged in the confidential service of the Lord.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Confidential Service Through Personal Care

  1. 1

    At Jagannātha Purī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entrusted Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī to the care of His secretary, Svarūpa Dāmodara.

  2. 2

    Their confidential service was the Lord’s personal care. Svarūpa Dāmodara attended to His baths, meals, rest and massages.

  3. 3

    Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī assisted Svarūpa Dāmodara in this service. In effect, he acted as the Lord’s assistant secretary.

Key points from the purport
  • This confidential service was the personal care of the Lord.
  • Svarūpa Dāmodara, acting as His secretary, attended to the Lord’s baths, meals, rest and massages, and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī assisted him.
  • In effect, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī acted as the assistant secretary of the Lord.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. samarpilahanded over
  3. tāṅrehim
  4. svarūperaSvarūpa Dāmodara
  5. hāteto the hand
  6. prabhuraof the Lord
  7. gupta-sevāconfidential service
  8. kailadid
  9. svarūperaSvarūpa Dāmodara
  10. sāthewith
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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 can I learn from Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī’s willingness to serve as an assistant?

Practice

Help someone with one simple care task today, such as preparing a meal.

Live this todayConfidential Service Through Personal CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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