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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 10.92Ādi 10.94

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.93

ষোড়শ বৎসর কৈল অন্তরঙ্গ–সেবন ।

স্বরূপের অন্তর্ধানে আইলা বৃন্দাবন ॥ ৯৩ ॥

ṣoḍaśa vatsara kaila antaraṅga-sevana

svarūpera antardhāne āilā vṛndāvana

Translation

He rendered confidential service to the Lord for sixteen years at Jagannātha Purī, and after the disappearance of both the Lord and Svarūpa Dāmodara, he left Jagannātha Purī and went to Vṛndāvana.

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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.

Sixteen Years of Confidential Service

  1. 1

    He rendered confidential service to the Lord for sixteen years.

  2. 2

    This service took place at Jagannātha Purī.

  3. 3

    After the disappearance of both the Lord and Svarūpa Dāmodara, he left Jagannātha Purī and went to Vṛndāvana.

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. ṣoḍaśasixteen
  2. vatsarayears
  3. kailadid
  4. antaraṅgaconfidential
  5. sevanaservice
  6. svarūperaof Svarūpa Dāmodara
  7. antardhānedisappearance
  8. āilācame
  9. vṛndāvanato Vṛndāvana
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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”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does sixteen years of service suggest to me about faithfulness?

Practice

Give a few attentive minutes today to a devotional service you can continue regularly.

Live this todaySixteen Years of Confidential ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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